Comments on: Bepress Selected Works http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/10/bepress_selecte_1.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:44:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kaimi http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/10/bepress_selecte_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-56764 Kaimi Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:53:30 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/10/bepress-selected-works.html#comment-56764 Interesting stuff, Dave. If it catches on, it's a fun development -- it'll be something to keep an eye on. In any case, I signed up for your list. Also, I didn't know you majored in Archeology. And a decent synonym for pathbreaking (depending on the context) would be pioneering. Interesting stuff, Dave. If it catches on, it’s a fun development — it’ll be something to keep an eye on. In any case, I signed up for your list.

Also, I didn’t know you majored in Archeology. And a decent synonym for pathbreaking (depending on the context) would be pioneering.

]]> By: Anthony http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/10/bepress_selecte_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-56763 Anthony Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:25:51 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/10/bepress-selected-works.html#comment-56763 "Big picture issues: (1) the ultimate success of services like this one will make it harder for law reviews to sell their catalogues, meaning that current students will need, ever more, to the foot the bill for the production of legal scholarship; (2) a bigger, cheaper, pipe demands more, though not necessarily better, content; and (3) these two trends can't work together forever." <br /><br /> Absolutely 100% correct. The BEpress business model (and to a lesser extent the SSRN business model) is not sustainable in the long term (making your business depend almost entirely on the business of other organizations, even non-profit ones, is never a good idea). Features like this, while nice, are just going to accelerate their eventual demise. Unless BEpress makes some truly major changes in how they do business, I truly cannot see them continuing to even maintain their current profits indefinitely. “Big picture issues: (1) the ultimate success of services like this one will make it harder for law reviews to sell their catalogues, meaning that current students will need, ever more, to the foot the bill for the production of legal scholarship; (2) a bigger, cheaper, pipe demands more, though not necessarily better, content; and (3) these two trends can’t work together forever.”

Absolutely 100% correct. The BEpress business model (and to a lesser extent the SSRN business model) is not sustainable in the long term (making your business depend almost entirely on the business of other organizations, even non-profit ones, is never a good idea). Features like this, while nice, are just going to accelerate their eventual demise. Unless BEpress makes some truly major changes in how they do business, I truly cannot see them continuing to even maintain their current profits indefinitely.

]]> By: Patrick S. O'Donnell http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/10/bepress_selecte_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-56762 Patrick S. O'Donnell Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:59:29 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/10/bepress-selected-works.html#comment-56762 I've been accessing Robert Cooter's work this way (via Bepress) for some time now. I’ve been accessing Robert Cooter’s work this way (via Bepress) for some time now.

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