Jason Mazzone, Too Quick to Copyright, LegalTimes, November 17, 2003. On the tendency of corporations to claim copyrights on content in the public domain and to deny legitimate fair-use claims. Excerpt: "Congress should amend the Copyright Act to make actionable false claims to copyright in the same way that consumers may sue businesses for false advertising [PS: or better, in the same way that publishers may sue users for infringement]....If corporations with their teams of lawyers cannot distinguish between what is protected and what is free for public use, we can hardly expect teen-agers with their laptops
to play by the rules."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/24/2003 09:00:00 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.
