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Subject: Re: Electronic rights; how to word

From: "Eric K. Meyer"

Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 23:42:55 -0500

Subject:       Re: Electronic rights; how to word
From: "Eric K. Meyer" 
Date:          Sun, 4 Jun 1995 23:42:55 -0500
How the Web Was Won
Subject:       Re: Electronic rights; how to word
From: "Eric K. Meyer" 
Date:          Sun, 4 Jun 1995 23:42:55 -0500

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On  4 Jun 95, Mark Loundy wrote:

> The best and fairest policies include words to the effect of: "For
> XX percent of the print fee additional, we are asking for
> limited-time, non-exclusive electronic rights."

I like it. What percentage would you foresee? 

I doubt most publications would agree to the time limits, however.
Perhaps a provision that the non-exclusive electronic rights would 
be restricted to inclusion in the publication's current on-line 
issue and its on-line archive of past issues, unaltered from the form 
in which it originally was published on-line. 
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ERIC K. MEYER                     meyer@newslink.org 
NewsLink                     http://www.newslink.org
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