Un éditeur indien accuse un libraire blogueur diffamation

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-05-20

Summary:

[From Google's English] "New tensions on the web, populated matrix trolls of all kinds and where the comments are sometimes not without producing variations on the theme 'butterfly effect'. The threats of lawsuits and allegations of defamation series, the Indian publisher OMICS Publishing Group is now attacking the blogger Jeffrey Beall. This is a bookseller in the University of Colorado and holds the Open Access Scholarly blog, on which he denounced the dubious practices of some pros. The house, pointed to by the troublemaker, response ... The publisher, based in India for six years, seems to back up against the bookseller and blogger. His home boasts including the publication of more than 200 scholarly journals, and by focusing on the niche of Open Access. Own business at first, but now she has the displeasure to find listed among the 250 potential predators list Beall, such as consulting librarians and teachers.  On his blog and like other media outlets, the bookseller OMICS portrayed as a company that would not have published many journals she suggests, and that 60% of the advertised content has not yet been released. Side of the publishing house owned by Srinu Babu Gedela the merits of the particular firm is praised as a leading player in the awareness about the free access to science.  And according to the list Beall, OMICS to be like spamming researchers to offer their perspectives publications hastily, before charging up to $ 3,000 of royalties to the publisher. Adding that some names known researchers would be used for promotional purposes without their agreement or that their names would be diverted to boost attendance at conferences leaving suggest that personality will be present ... Following this listing, publisher responded by sending a six-page letter to blogger. It accuses the Beall denouncing unfounded, to make false allegations. His imagination is indicative of a lack of professionalism, nuisance Open Access, but, of racial discrimination.  In addition to his threat of a complaint, the editor says to the attention of Jeffrey Beall on the territory where the complaint is filed, India, the charges involved are liable to a fine of one billion dollars in damage and interests, as well as imprisonment up to three years, according to local law on information technology.  The blogger, meanwhile, professional documentation, claims to have preserved evidence of his theories. According to his lawyer, the response of the editor might be an attempt to improve its image, or intimidate Jeffrey Beall."

 

Link:

http://www.actualitte.com/justice/un-editeur-indien-accuse-un-libraire-blogueur-diffamation-42428.htm

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.business_models oa.publishers oa.comment oa.libraries oa.quality oa.litigation oa.librarians oa.french oa.bealls_list oa.omics oa.credibility

Date tagged:

05/20/2013, 15:09

Date published:

05/20/2013, 11:09