?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=All+Or+None%3A+No+Stable+Hybrid+or+Half-Way+Solutions+for+Launching+the+Learned+Periodical+Literature+into+the+PostGutenberg+Galaxy&rft.creator=Harnad%2C+Stevan&rft.creator=Hemus%2C+Matt&rft.subject=Archives&rft.subject=Copyright&rft.subject=Economics&rft.description=The+publishers+of+learned+paper+journals+have+contemplated+or+already+implemented+the+following+hybrid+scenario+for+the+transition+from+paper+to+electronic+publishing%3A+Produce+both+versions%2C+paper+and+electronic%2C+and+offer+paper-plus-electronic+subscriptions+for+slightly+more+than+paper-only%2C+and+electronic-only+subscriptions+for+slightly+less.+This+allows+supply+and+demand+to+decide+which+version+is+preferred%2C+and+offers+a+seamless+transition+to+electronic-only+if+and+when+its+time+comes.+Variants+of+this+scenario+include+site-licensing+or+pay-per-view+in+place+of+subscriptions%2C+but+without+exception+all+these+scenarios+continue+to+regard+learned+articles+as+a+trade+commodity%2C+to+be+sold+to+readers+and+protected+from+%22theft%22+by+copyright+laws.+This+trade+model+entails+and+has+always+entailed%2C+a+conflict+of+interest+between+the+publisher+and+the+nontrade+researcher%2Fauthor.+In+the+Gutenberg+era%2C+when+print-on-paper+was+the+only+option%2C+the+conflict+was+rightly+resolved+in+favour+of+the+publisher%2C+whose+real+costs+and+a+fair+profit+could+only+be+recovered+by+restricting+access+to+those+who+paid+(whereas+the+author+would+have+preferred+that+everyone+everywhere+have+access+for+free).+We+have+dubbed+this+the+%22Faustian+Bargain%22+(which+is+rather+like+advertisers+being+forced+to+make+potential+clients+pay+to+see+their+adverts!).+The+PostGutenberg+era+of+%22Scholarly+Skywriting%22+--+networked+electronic+publication%2C+free+for+all+--+has+at+last+made+it+possible+for+nontrade+authors+(those+who+ask+and+receive+no+royalties%2C+and+whose+readership+is+a+small+population+of+fellow+researchers)+to+free+themselves+from+the+Faustian+Bargain.+They+can+archive+their+unrefereed+preprints+on+the+Net+and+can+substitute+for+them+the+refereed%2C+published+reprint+after+peer+review%2C+editing%2C+and+mark-up.+This+is+the+gist+of+our+%22Subversive+Proposal.%22+The+only+problem+is+that+the+cost+of+implementing+peer+review%2C+editing+and+mark-up+is+still+being+borne+by+paper+journal+publishers%2C+who+continue+to+cling+to+the+trade+model%2C+and+whose+subscription+revenues+are+at+risk+if+the+Net+becomes+the+preferred+means+of+access.+These+costs+are+medium-independent+and+low+enough+to+make+it+more+productive+to+recover+them+on+the+authors'+end+(as+page+charges%2C+covered+by+the+grant+that+funded+the+research+itself+and%2For+from+authors'+institutions'+savings+on+cancelled+paper+journal+subscriptions).+Paper+publishers+will+have+to+scale+down+to+the+reduced+costs+of+electronic-only+publication+or+their+editorial+boards+will+defect+and+reconstitute+themselves+with+new+electronic-only+publishers+who+are+prepared+to+adopt+the+nontrade%2C+page-charge+model%2C+yielding+free+access+to+the+learned+periodical+literature+for+everyone.&rft.publisher=London%3A+Portland+Press&rft.contributor=Butterworth%2C++I.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1704%2F1%2Fharnad97.hybrid.pub.html&rft.identifier=++Harnad%2C+Stevan+and+Hemus%2C+Matt++(1997)+All+Or+None%3A+No+Stable+Hybrid+or+Half-Way+Solutions+for+Launching+the+Learned+Periodical+Literature+into+the+PostGutenberg+Galaxy.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1704%2F