From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:59:39 +0000 My initial impression (and I'm no lawyer) is that the folks suing Jeff have a stronger footing for their complaint than Edwin Mellen Press does in its suit against Dale Askey and McMaster University. By saying that, I don't mean to be critical of Jeff -- I think that by serving as a watchdog of unscrupulous OA publishers he's doing the scholpub world a favor. But I think the use of terms like "criminal" and "misconduct" on his blog may edge closer to the line of libel or defamation than Dale's posting did. In this case, Jeff is also less fortunate than Dale in his enemies. Whereas EMP's complaint against Dale is rife with incoherent arguments and silly quibbling over matters of opinion and interpretation (such as what constitutes a "quality" binding), CCSE's complaint against Jeff strikes me as much more tightly and competently argued. This isn't to say that it's correct, only that it's less easy to dismiss out of hand. That's just my $.02. I wish both Jeff and Dale all the best in defending themselves against these attacks. --- Rick Anderson Interim Dean, J. Willard Marriott Library University of Utah [log in to unmask] On 2/14/13 1:56 PM, "LIBLICENSE" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >From: Bill Cohen <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:25:55 -0500 > >See: Beall Letter.pdf(6.3 MB)YouSendIt > >http://www.yousendit.com/download/UW13SU5OUnF0TW5FdzhUQw > > >Comments? Bill