Update (4/14/08). The answer to the question is yes, the government did sell exclusive access to its legislative history to Thomson. Details at Boing Boing and FGI.
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 3/28/2008 10:35:00 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.
