A new study from KPMG argues that the content industry should focus on developing new business models rather than locking up intellectual property. While it is fighting (and losing) the wrong battle, it is losing billions in revenue. "Rather than embracing the Internet as an inexpensive means of delivering top-quality creative content to the consumer in a highly customized format, industry executives remain mesmerized by the destructive potential of online piracy." KPMG is a pro-business tax and financial consulting firm. (Thanks to Terry Foreman.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/29/2002 10:53:00 AM.
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.
