Jonas Svensson and Stefan Arvidsson, Kampen mot kopiering dömd att misslyckas, Sveriges universitetslärar-förbund [Swedish Association of University Teachers], 19-08. Undated. (Thanks to UPC Blogg.)
The authors, both professors of religion (at Halmstad and Växjö respectively), argue that illegal copying of books by groups like Student Bay cannot be stopped, and that OA is a solution which will benefit students and taxpayers. Read their piece in Swedish or Google's English.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/04/2008 11:58:00 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.