An anti-web publishing posting tends to disprove itself.  As the purpose
of COA/CONCH-L is the dissemination of information as widely as
possible, it tends to be the wrong audience.  The cost of print
publishing is the exact point of publishing on the internet.  As to
changing books, it is far easier today than years ago, and can be done
so that you can't tell that the book was modified.  Printing books with
revisions and not mentioning it is as bad as doing the same on the
internet.
 
For those doing internet magazines, and especially if you want to
publish scientific information:  Design your home page the same way you
would do a book.  Each page identified on its own with name and page
numberand date (this outdoes printed books that when copied lack the
date).  Each version put on line should be the final version and treated
as if printed.  If modified, the article firs page and page
identification should indicate that.  Internet media can have the same
integrity as print media, including pirating and copying. Of course, I
too am prejudiced.
 
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