The US Federal Aviation Administration wants to stop providing OA to bird strike data. The idea is that airports fearing bad publicity and loss of business would more readily report bird strikes if the information were not made public. (Thanks to AirSafe.com and USA Today.)
Comment. Maybe peanut butter companies would more readily report salmonella poisoning if the information were not made public. Maybe chemical companies would more readily report toxic spills if the information were not made public. Maybe cities would more readily report their crime rates if the information were not made public. Maybe politicians would more readily report inappropriate gifts if the information were not made public.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/29/2009 11:15:00 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.