28/10/2003 12:30:36, Stevan Harnad <har...@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Allen Kleiman wrote: > >> Apple computer has launched its iTunes product which, in my opinion, will >> eliminate the cd industry and all who depend on it for a profitable >> business. Furthermore, they have an audio books component that could do the >> same thing to booksellers. This Steve Jobs is some kind of genius and this >> issue has implications for open access. > >In brief: > >Consumer-theft technology has no connection with or implications >for open access to the refereed research literature, which is an >author give-away. It would be better for both causes to keep them >as separate as possible.
On the contrary I feel Allen has a point, which OA could maybe benefit from. If I understand the iTunes concept it enables one to pick (and pay for) the mix you want, like a sweet (candy) counter, not have to buy a compilation decided by a CD producer (a music house, sort of equivalent to a publisher?). OA users might want the same facility. Barry Mahon
