6baf13ba_A_bit_more_to_IT__WP01_02__Description
[Entailment] Low Costs of Production and Distribution (Harnad, 1997; Harnad & Hemus, 1997; Odlyzko, 1995) [Description] 
Lower production, publication and reproduction costs as archival space is inexpensive. Most costs will be covered by grants or institutions supporting the research; also, the increasing commercialization of the Internet will lower the costs of scholarly communication. The trend towards cheaper storage memory will facilitate disintermediation, with attendant increases in efficiency. It is cheaper to connect to the Internet than to acquire a library from scratch. Materials should eventually be free as S/L/P (subscriptions, licensing, and pay-per-view) is phased out. Most importantly, as the costs of computing and data storage approach zero, the distribution and transaction costs for electronic materials should also approach zero.
A bit more to IT: WP01-02