Re: [ARSCLIST] MP3 bit rates and usage factors for Web pages

["McCormick, Kathleen" <kmccormi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's certainly a different level of "ownership" between universities
& companies, so the copyright comparison and the idea of having to pay
for it is very different in each case. 

Just because collections are retained by individuals does not mean that
they will be more freely or widely available to the public and to future
generations. Quite the opposite, in fact. Of course there are issues
with backlogs of donated materials that have, historically, made it
difficult to find out what institution has what but that is changing as
institutional methods of access are changing. There is an amazing wealth
of previously inaccessible material made available by universities
freely online, had those materials not been donated they would not be
available today. 

The only reason Shakespeare is available freely to us is that his works
were published prior to July 1 1909. 

Katie McCormick
 
Reference Archivist and 
Coordinator for the Oral History Program
Special Collections - J. Murrey Atkins Library
UNC Charlotte
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] MP3 bit rates and usage factors for Web pages

 This is one reason why collections shouldn't be donated;  they tend to 
disappear into the bowels of "some institution", instead of being
enjoyed by 
another generation. If the same attitude prevailed over the written
word, 
we'd probably be paying for every line of Shakespeare. Somebody would
own 
it, surely.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie Azile O'Connell" <marie.oconnell@xxxxxxx>
  "If they want it badly enough, then they will have to get in touch
with 
the company, University and pay for it!"

 I think that will be my Cynical Quote of the Day, unless it's
copyrighted 
and you want to be paid for it.