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Document supply and the small journals publisher: A case of legalized injustice

Document supply and the small journals publisher: A case of legalized injustice 45 LOGOS *Cause for Debate – 2 Document supply and the small journals publisher: A case of legalized injustice Stephen Godfree After graduating as a sociologist, Stephen Godfree took a higher degree and did research before entering publishing seriously in 1980. In 1984, he started the scientific publishing company Leaf Coppin, of which he remains a full-time Executive Director. Email: leafco@wanadoo.fr There is a widespread impression that, with the establishment during the past fifteen years of repro- duction rights organizations in many countries, the rights of copyright holders have been substantially safeguarded. This is not our experience. We are a very small publisher of scientific journals and directories. Our clients are amongst the largest and wealthiest commercial corporations in the world. They all can, and some undoubtedly do, obtain legal copies of papers published in our journals at prices lower than the subscription price. Between 1990 and 1995, from two of our low-circulation specialized quarterly journals, con- taining four to five papers in each issue, the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC) sold 835 copies of articles. Not one penny was paid to us as copyright holder authors. The reason is that UK legislation permits corporate copying for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Logos Brill

Document supply and the small journals publisher: A case of legalized injustice

Godfree, Stephen
Logos , Volume 12 (1): 45 – Jan 1, 2001
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© 2001 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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45 LOGOS *Cause for Debate – 2 Document supply and the small journals publisher: A case of legalized injustice Stephen Godfree After graduating as a sociologist, Stephen Godfree took a higher degree and did research before entering publishing seriously in 1980. In 1984, he started the scientific publishing company Leaf Coppin, of which he remains a full-time Executive Director. Email: leafco@wanadoo.fr There is a widespread impression that, with the establishment during the past fifteen years of repro- duction rights organizations in many countries, the rights of copyright holders have been substantially safeguarded. This is not our experience. We are a very small publisher of scientific journals and directories. Our clients are amongst the largest and wealthiest commercial corporations in the world. They all can, and some undoubtedly do, obtain legal copies of papers published in our journals at prices lower than the subscription price. Between 1990 and 1995, from two of our low-circulation specialized quarterly journals, con- taining four to five papers in each issue, the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC) sold 835 copies of articles. Not one penny was paid to us as copyright holder authors. The reason is that UK legislation permits corporate copying for

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