Mohamad Mova Al 'Afghani, Indonesian copyright law not copyleft-friendly, The Jakarta Post, May 26, 2005. Excerpt: 'Because of the Internet, exchange of information and ideas has occurred at the speed of light, irrespective of location. Unfortunately, the law does not stand behind this information revolution. Instead of supporting the transfer and creation of knowledge for the benefit of mankind, the existing laws on intellectual property purports to hamper and limit creativity by restricting the movement of ideas....There are also people who are afraid to publish their articles online for free and just decide to keep their ideas offline. Nevertheless, a research project by Steve Lawrence, which appeared in Nature, Volume 411, 2001 indicated that articles available online, for free, are more highly cited. Between the years 1990 and 2000, his research found that online articles were cited 4.5 times more often than offline articles. I am convinced that this year, the number could be tripled....The modern technology for scientific publishing is the World Wide Web. The rule that is best to ensure the maximum dissemination of scientific articles, and knowledge, on the web is a free distribution of articles in non-proprietary formats, with open access for all.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 5/26/2005 08:39:00 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.
