Copyright Versus Open Access: On the Organisation and International Political Economy of Access to Scientific Knowledge

204 Pages·2015·4.37 MB·English

by  Marc Scheufen (auth.)

International Law and Economics
Marc Scheufen
Copyright
Versus
Open Access
On the Organisation and
International Political Economy of
Access to Scientifi c Knowledge
International Law and Economics
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Marc Scheufen
Copyright Versus Open
Access
On the Organisation and International
Political Economy of Access to Scientific
Knowledge
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MarcScheufen
RuhrUniversityofBochum
FacultyofLaw
Bochum
Germany
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Acknowledgements
I’mverygratefultoseveralpeopleforbeingmorethangreatsupportduringthelast
3yearsofworkingonthisbook.
InthefirstplaceIwishtothankmyparentswhohavealwaysbeenmytowerof
strength.Thankyouforyourhugs,yourencouragingandsupportivewords,thetasty
food,yourlove,andyourgreatunderstanding.Inaddition,IwouldliketothankMr.
luckyaccidentforhavingmetthemostwonderfulwomanIcouldhavewishedfor,
Nina Peuster. Thankyoufor yourwarmth,yoursupportiveand motivatingwords,
and your healthy craziness that makes me laugh. Moreover, I’m grateful to my
sister Kerstin Zimmermanns and her husband Gerd Zimmermanns as well as my
godchildrenYannikandFabian.Thanksnotonlyforhavingbeentheneededchange
fromdailyroutinebutalsoforshowingmewhat’sreallyimportantinlife.
Besides, I would like to thank my friends. In particular, I’m thinking of Timo
Beckerwhohasbecomearealbestfriendoverthelast9years.Thanksforbearing
myphonecallsat4atnight,thecountlesstearsofjoywhilecontemplatingonold
and new anecdotes, and your cheerful nature that always makes me laugh with
you. Thank you for your great humor, endless discussions and neologisms, your
motivation,andyourconfidence.
Last but not least, I would like to thank my supporters in academia. First
and foremost, I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Thomas Eger not only for having
been the best thesis supervisor I could have hoped for but also for his open
personality, understanding, and the countless discussion about Open Access in
academic publishing.Furthermore,I’m gratefulto Prof. Dr. Hans Bernd Schaefer
who always accompanied my work with interest and fruitful critique. Last but
not least, I would like to thank my co-authors. In particular, I’m thinking of
Prof. Dr. Eberhard Feess and Dr. Frank Mueller-Langer who have always been
great partners for discussions as well as teachers. Thank you both for the many
thingsyoutaughtmeandthetremendousfoodforthoughtthatenrichedmywork.
Furthermore,Iwouldliketothankmanyconferenceparticipantswhosecomments
and suggestions were more than useful in finishing my works. I’m especially
thankfultoPatrickAndreoli-Versbach,RobertCooter,AxelHaus,RuthTowse,Stan
Liebowitz,GiovanniRamello,MollyvanHouweling,JoelWaldfogel,andRichard
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Watt. Iwouldalso like to thankJonasJungbauerandthe MaxPlanckInstitute for
Innovationand Competitionin Munichforgreatsupportin collecting the data for
theproject“OpenAccessinDevelopingCountries.”
Last but not least, I’m very grateful to the German Research Foundation
[Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)] for the financial support which has
madethisprojectpossible.
Thankyou!!!
Selfkant,Germany MarcScheufen
September2013
Contents
1 Introduction .................................................................. 1
2 SomeFundamentalEconomics............................................. 5
2.1 TheEconomicsofCopyright........................................... 5
2.1.1 TheBasicConceptofCopyright............................... 5
2.1.2 TheEconomicsofCopyrightandCopying.................... 21
2.1.3 CopyrightinTransition:Challenges
intheInformationAge ......................................... 32
2.2 TheEconomicsofScience.............................................. 37
2.2.1 TheConceptofScienceandScientificResearch.............. 37
2.2.2 TheRewardStructureofScience.............................. 41
2.2.3 SomeImplications:WhydoScientistsdoScience? .......... 46
2.3 AComparison:TheShavellModelandBeyond ...................... 47
3 AcademicJournalPublishingandtheOpenAccessMovement........ 53
3.1 TheAcademicJournalPublishingMarket............................. 53
3.1.1 ThePrinciplesofAcademicPublishing ....................... 53
3.1.2 TheJournalPublishingMarket:AnIndustryAnalysis ....... 57
3.1.3 Implications..................................................... 64
3.2 TheOpenAccessMovement........................................... 65
3.2.1 TheOpenAccessPrinciples.................................... 65
3.2.2 TheOpenAccessMovement:ABriefHistory................ 68
3.2.3 The Rise of Open Access Journals: Some
DescriptiveStatistics ........................................... 75
3.2.4 RecentDevelopments........................................... 79
4 On the Access Principle in Science: A Law
andEconomicsAnalysis..................................................... 83
4.1 TheOrganizationofScience:OpenAccessvs.Copyright............ 83
4.1.1 AcademicCopyrightinthePublishingGame:
AContestPerspective .......................................... 84
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