Empire Redefined,Part 3 |
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| Authors: | Lorraine A Busby |
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| Institution: | Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The examination of publishing empires as paralleled by their geopolitical counterparts continues. The transition from a print-based industry into the digital era opened up new opportunities to build a corporate empire that intentionally seeks dominance and market control. As the biggest publishing corporations maneuvered for self-interests, their researcher and library customers have pushed back with sometimes clandestine responses to register their opposition, just as peasantry periodically revolted in previous eras. As the publishing empires and the researchers and libraries that use their products fight for support in the forum of public opinion, interesting contrasts in messaging are offered. |
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| Keywords: | Journal publishers business monopolies Internet piracy |
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