RE: "Accepted Manuscript"

["B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@yahoo.com>]

Joe Esposito said: "Harvard and MIT are private institutions. 
What they do is their business.  We insist that they comply with 
the law.  But beyond that?  I think it unseemly to tell these 
institutions that they should do this or that."

I don't buy that. There is nothing wrong with putting public 
pressure on private institutions. Of course they don't have to do 
what we suggest, but I don't think it's "unseemly" for us to make 
the suggestions.

Bernie Sloan
Sora Associates
Bloomington, IN


--- On Thu, 3/26/09, Joseph Esposito <espositoj@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Joseph Esposito <espositoj@gmail.com>
> Subject: RE: "Accepted Manuscript"
> To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 6:15 PM
> Sandy,
>
> Let's be consistent here.  Harvard and MIT are private 
> institutions.  What they do is their business.  We insist that 
> they comply with the law.  But beyond that?  I think it 
> unseemly to tell these institutions that they should do this or 
> that.  I would as soon tell my neighbor that I don't like her 
> drapes (I hope she is not on this list).
>
> The NIH is a different matter.  It is a governmental 
> institution, and we all have a right to tell the leadership 
> what they should do.  And we all do.
>
> Joe Esposito