On February 9, at the invitation of the IEEE, David Mills addressed a "summit" of scholarly publishers on the intersection of U.S. trade law and freedom of the press. Mills is the Treasury Department official in charge of licensing U.S. journals to edit articles by citizens of Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan, and other embargoed nations. The IEEE issued a press release after the meeting but did not summarize Mills' remarks beyond his use of diplomatic courtesies (e.g. that he welcomes dialog with IEEE). The IEEE has been fighting the application of trade embargoes to scientific publications since before Treasury Department ruling came down last September, but it has agreed to abide by the ruling that embargoes do apply. Also see the IEEE's web site on the controversy. (Thanks to Gary Price.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/16/2004 06:10:00 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.
