Lila Guterman, Groups Sue U.S. Agency Over International Publishing Rules, Chronicle of Higher Education, October 8, 2004 (accessible only to subscribers). Excerpt: "Calling restrictions on publishing contrary to the First Amendment and acts of Congress, a group of publishers' and authors' associations last week sued the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which enforces regulations against countries that are under U.S. trade embargoes. The lawsuit asks the court to strike down regulations that require publishers to request licenses for editing articles and books by authors in embargoed countries, such as Cuba, Iran, and Sudan. The Treasury Department office has argued that editing papers and books by foreign authors provides them with a service, and thus violates trade embargoes. The plaintiffs in the case include the Association of American Publishers' Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division. 'Publishers should not have to go to the government to ask permission, or for a license, to publish,' says Marc H. Brodsky, chairman of the division."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/04/2004 10:16:00 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.
