Charles Lowe, Copyright, Access and Digital Texts, Across the Disciplines, December 9, 2003. Lowe argues that writing teachers have a special opportunity, and responsibility, to teach students about open access and the unbalanced state of copyright law today. He gives a good deal of the history of how our copyright law became one-sided, and how it has triggered resistance and alternatives, including a section on the rise of the OA movement. Throughout he offers a good set of links for readers who want to read further.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/15/2004 11:11:00 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.
