Re: Plan B for NIH Public Access Mandate: A Deposit Mandate

["atanu garai" <atanugarai.lists@gmail.com>]

Dear Stevan:

2008/9/17 Stevan Harnad <amsciforum@gmail.com>

> Don't worry! That rare, lucky author will manage (and with a 
> smile on his face)...
>
> And once Deposit Mandates are universal, this is the sort of 
> thing that will help ensure the natural transition to universal 
> OA.

It is indeed difficult to design and recommend systems that 
depend on individual decisions (such as actions and reactions by 
authors and users) such as this. This needs to be corroborated by 
empirical studies that authors are willing and give the users 
content as per their demand. As a matter of general practice this 
should be avoided because this kind of service provision can not 
be guaranteed by institutions managing large scale content, 
authors and users. It appears that the request button is designed 
to bypass the existing copyright laws but it does not take into 
account service delivery for the authors and users.

Atanu Garai