[sdiy] 1965 robert moog article

[Aaron Lanterman]

On Apr 19, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Ian Fritz wrote:

> At 05:54 PM 4/19/2009, Dan Snazelle wrote:
>
>> Seems odd since I doubt the people that present papers get  
>> royalties for their publications.
>
> Just the opposite, actually.  You or your institution have to pay  
> the publisher to get an article published.  And you have to assign  
> all your rights to the publisher.  It's just simple economics -- for  
> a technical publication there is not enough sales volume to cover  
> the cost of publication.  If you want your work to get out, then you  
> have to pay.

Ian is exactly right.

I will complain about this endlessly at the drop of a hat, if anyone  
wants to drop a hat.

- Aaron