More on the WIPO meeting....Declan Butler tells the story in today's issue of Nature. We're still hoping that WIPO will hold the meeting, and that the objections to it from Microsoft, the BSA, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be recognized as ideological opposition based on ignorance and economic interest. Regardless of where you live, let your national delegation to WIPO know that responsible policymaking on intellectual property rights will hear from all parties and that Microsoft and the U.S. do not set WIPO's agenda. Again, remember that the meeting would have explored open-access science journals, not just open-source software. For more, see the July 7 public letter calling for the meeting (disclosure: I am a signatory), and the discussion in Lawrence Lessig's blog and Slashdot.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/28/2003 12:04:00 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.
