In comments made on the eve of Association of American Publishers' annual meeting in Washington, D.C., the group's president appeared to up the ante in her industry's battle with libraries over fair use. She maintained that publishers must develop a means of charging library users for electronic material. Markets are limited. They give it to other libraries. They don't have any money left for content.
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The Post story also quoted ALA President Nancy Kranich, who pointed out the skyrocketing price of scholarly journals. Although Denise Rich refused to testify, citing her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, one of her lawyers disclosed the donation to the House Committee on Government Reform, the New York Times reported February 9. Even though the wealthy will be the first to afford new technologies such as digital television sets or computers when they come to market, that doesn't necessarily translate to a divide, said Powell. Powell also indicated that the agency would place a greater emphasis on deregulation regarding broadcasters and telephone and cable companies, the Associated Press reported. We want to give our libraries more and better collections, longer hours, world-class catalogs and databases, and improved services for customers.