In a statement, they announced:
"it has become increasingly clear that growing numbers of important customers and authors have very real concerns about our involvement in the defence exhibitions business.Which appears to be a victory for those with any sense. Woot! I wish this sort of thing happened more often."We have listened closely to these concerns and this has led us to conclude that the defence shows are no longer compatible with Reed Elsevier's position as a leading publisher of scientific, medical, legal and business content."
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Made me pretty damn happy too. Now I can stop boycotting all things Elsevier.
Sounds like they're more concerned with the bad PR. Not sure they themselves have yet considered the moral aspect.
They may never figure out the moral aspect; some people just can't see it. If bad PR was what caused the change, that's fine with me. They'll at least stop helping sell weapons.
Fact is that the corporations will always only be affected by bad PR and share holder pressure (as appears to have been the case here).
It's not noramlly so blindingly farcical a situation as this though is it?
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