Creative Commons has been criticized recently, in particular by legal counsel for the Hungarian collecting society ARTISJUS in a recent article in INDICARE, for being unforthcoming about its purpose and misrepresenting both its mission and licenses. Creative Commons welcomes the debate about copyright issues and Creative Commons' role in working to facilitate the interests of creators and users of copyrighted works. This article seeks to clarify some misunderstandings and misrepresentations about what Creative Commons is about and about the Creative Commons' licenses.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/27/2005 01:16:00 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.
