The US House of Representatives has approved a bill to create an Office of Global Internet Freedom, whose mission is to develop technologies to help net users around the world bypass national web filters and other forms of censorware. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Chris Cox (R-CA) and would give the Office $16 million to cover its first two years of operation. (PS: Does John Ashcroft know about this? No joke, this bill is good news and good in part because of its inconsistency with CIPA and the Patriot Act.) More coverage.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/18/2003 10:08:00 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.
