Brazil reshapes debate on intellectual property, Reuters, February 1, 2005. Excerpt: 'This year, the U.N.'s World Intellectual Property Organization, which critics say traditionally has worked to tighten patent rules, is expected to loosen them under a joint Argentine-Brazil initiative that could, for example, improve access to patented AIDS drugs....Advocates of open-source technology say society is morally obligated to increase access to knowledge and that science produces better results faster under a collaborative research model.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/03/2005 09:51:00 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.
