Harvey Rice, Lawsuit alleges fraud in sale of subscriptions, Houston Chronicle, August 22, 2004. Excerpt: "Some of the biggest companies in the international scientific publishing business are accusing Scholarly Publications Inc. of fraudulently purchasing individual subscriptions at low rates and reselling them at institutional rates that can be as much as 10 times higher." (PS: The defendants say it's all a misunderstanding. But if it's true, then here's a tip. Spend your court-ordered community service working for open access. It costs even less than individual subscriptions, it scales to the entirety of the literature, and it's legal. Thanks to Gary Price for the link.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/23/2004 09:11:00 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.
