Editorial Introduction to Issue 40: Horses for Courses

editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 40.

Reading the interesting points Karen Coyle has to make in Rights Management and Digital Library Requirements puts me in mind, not so much of horses actually, as of one of cartoonist Gary Larson's cows. The bovine unfortunate in question, bedecked with shower cap, is being pushed along by the rest of the herd and complaining that no sooner has she stepped into the shower than some fool cries 'Stampede!' Much the same effect may be claimed from the fallout of the Napster affair and the sharing of millions of music files.

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Editorial Introduction to Issue 40: Horses for Courses