If you'd like to champion Lawrence Lessig's proposal in yesterday's New York Times for shifting up to 98% of the copyrighted works over 50 years old into the public domain, then see his new FAQ on the idea. It will help answer objections and misunderstandings. He's now calling the proposal the Eric Eldred Act. Can we get a House member to submit it in the current session of Congress?
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/19/2003 08:59:00 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.
