Publishing,copyright, and the public good |
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| Authors: | Paul Nijhoff Asser |
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| Institution: | (1) STM, Keizersgracht 462, 1016 GE Amsterdam |
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| Abstract: | For centuries publishers have acted as intermediaries between author and audience. Copyright, like freedom of expression,
is an essential element of freedom in this role, because without it authors' rights are not fully protected. Only when they
are protected against theft and other economic or moral infringements are authors free to express themselves without fear.
Publishers, too, rely on copyright to protect their investments and their freedom
Paul Nijhoff Asser has been secretary of the International Group of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM), Amsterdam,
since 1970. He has been active in publishing and bookselling for more than forty years.
This article was adapted from a presentation at the seminar “East Meets West: Copyright and the Publisher in a Market Economy”,
Hamburg, March 1991. |
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