The World Intellectual Property Organization's Committee on Development and Intellectual Property met in Geneva on July 7-11, 2008. Among the statements made was the following by the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
... WIPO could undertake a study of the impact
of these new innovation methods to identify the impacts of
standardized, low-transaction cost licensing and a survey of the
various Open and Public Access policies being considered in the US,
Europe, Australia, Brazil and Canada, to assist Member States to
identify how the outputs of government funded research could be
managed to best promote innovation in science and education. ...
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.
