From: Subbiah Arunachalam <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 09:38:55 +0530

I suspect that eventually there will be more Sci-Hubs and for all we
know that may be good for science and scholarship.

Arun

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On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 7:41 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Gary Price <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, May 19, 2016 at 6:11 PM
>
> From the intro to the list of principles:
>
> "Despite some reassurances that SSRN policies won’t change
> post-acquisition, there is reason to be concerned about the
> willingness of an Elsevier-run SSRN to accommodate the open access
> preferences of scholars who post there. Elsevier has recognized that
> displaying some receptiveness to open access is shrewd in the current
> era, although it has pursued policies that have created obstacles to
> true open access in the view of many scholars.
>
> How might Elsevier reassure SSRN authors that it will continue to
> respect the policies that have attracted scholarly authors to post on
> that site?"
>
> The intro and list of 12 principles is available here:
>
> http://www.authorsalliance.org/2016/05/19/principles-for-reassuring-authors-of-ssrn-posted-papers-under-elseviers-ownership/
>
>
> __gary
>
> Gary D. Price, MLIS
> Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal's infoDOCKET
> Information Industry Analyst
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