Rita Gudermann, Wem gehört die Mona Lisa?Die Zeit, January 8, 2004. On the conflict between the digital rights to images of classical artworks, even public-domain artworks, and historical scholarship that would like to reprint such images. Historian and OA advocate Klaus Graf argues that commercializing artworks in this way violates a museum's commitment to share knowledge and culture, especially when the artworks were purchased with the help of taxpayer funds. Also see Graf's entry on the Gudermann story in his blog, Archivalia.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/11/2004 06:08:00 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.
