Bob Cox sent in this Story from Linguafrance.com.
In 1988 Henry H. Barschall did a study that found nonprofit society-based journals offered work equal to or better than commercial journals, and are cheaper. Commercial publisher Gordon & Breach didn\’t like what was said, and has filed suite. Gordon & Breach has now spent millions of dollars and eleven years pressing a false-advertising claim against two nonprofit competitors.
\”Has pursuing a course of continuous litigation against both the scientific and the academic library communities hurt business for G&B\’s journals? \”Probably it has,\” Gordon admits. But, he adds, \”it\’s impossible to see how it has. As you know, library budgets have been cut in the last few years.\” \”
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