Slashdot has a discussion thread on the license held by the Deutsche Bibliothek to circumvent copy-protection on eBooks and CD's in order to fulfill its mission to collect, index, and preserve German cultural heritage. (PS: Great idea. Let's do it in this country and let's give permission to more than just one library.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/19/2005 01:59:00 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.
