I was only talking about the language
Sally
Sally Morris, Chief Executive
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
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30 November 2004
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Symonds" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: Springer's latest rip off
> Sally Morris:
>> The language is important - if it's not described as free, you will have
>> to
> pay VAT on the electronic component<
>
> So the publishers have just been very lucky that it also gives them a
> legal
> reason to deny people access to material they've already paid for then?
> Just
> one of those lucky things.
> Maybe if people actually kept access to what they've paid for paying the
> VAT
> wouldn't be so heinous? I don't think an extra 17.5% is the same as
> tripling
> the cost of a journal overnight.
>
> Kevin
>
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