On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:24 AM, Daniel R. Tobias<[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:04:58 -0400, wjhon...@{gag,vomit,retch}aol.com > wrote: > >> You have completely ignored the requirement that I am here *solely* >> referring to items which live, online, behind subscription walls. If >> the item is free, then it does not. So that removes the majority of >> your counter-argument. > > How come online "for-pay" stuff is to be excluded by your proposed > rule, but not on-paper "for pay" stuff? Printed books, magazines, > and newspapers are not generally free.
I was wondering that, but then I realised that on-paper pay stuff is generally available (after a lag) from libraries. Which are in theory free in many places if you don't mind paying for transport to get there, and remember to return books before the fines start. And some libraries give people access to various online journal archives. Of course, public libraries are generally less useful than university libraries, and the copyright libraries in theory have copies of most everything printed, but still. Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
