Roy Mark, FCC Following "Ill-Advised" Internet Policy, InternetNews, October 10, 2003. Reporting the views of Michael Copps, one of the two Democrats on the FCC. Quoting Copps: "From its inception, the Internet was designed, as those present during the course of its creation will tell you, to prevent government or a corporation or anyone else from controlling it. It was designed to defeat discrimination against users, ideas and technologies. This freedom has always been at the heart of what the Internet community and its creators celebrate. Anyone can access the Internet, with any kind of computer, for any type of application, and read or say pretty much what they want. No one can corner control of the Internet for their own limited purposes. The founders' vision of the Internet is being exchanged for a constricted and distorted view of technology development, entrepreneurship and consumer preferences. For its part, the [FCC] has already made serious regulatory miscalculations that could endanger the freedom and lifeblood of the Internet sooner rather than later." (Thanks to GigaLaw.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/13/2003 01:43:00 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.
