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OA to publicly-funded research as a universal human right The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) has revised its Internet Rights Charter (also available in PDF). Theme 3, on Access to Knowledge, has three parts:
APC intends Theme 3 to spell out Article 27 (which it cites as Article 26) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, asserting that "Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits." |