In the September 4 ZDNet News Doug Isenberg reviews the music industry's short-lived lawsuit against internet backbone providers, and argues cogently that "[t]he real problem --and there's no denying the music industry faces a real problem-- is not access. It's infringement." (PS: The same conclusion applies in other domains. Don't criminalize circumvention, which can be pursued for many legitimate purposes, including fair use. Criminalize infringement. Don't punish lawful conduct to get at unlawful conduct.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/06/2002 01:07:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
