The DC Principles Coalition has released its June 7 letter to to Senators Cornyn and Lieberman, opposing the FRPAA. The society publishers in the coalition oppose the OA mandate, want to lengthen the six month embargo, assert that the bill will harm them, and nevertheless assert that it duplicates much of what they already do.
Comments. Three quick comments:
I've responded to all these arguments already, e.g. in my comments on the AAP.
"Scientific societies fully support the goal of increasing access to research..." This is true except for the word "fully". As their letter shows, these societies compromise their support for the goal of increasing access to research in order to support their revenue streams.
I repeat my assessment that "publishers who object to [national OA policies] are defending the remarkable proposition that they should control access to research conducted by others, written up by others, and funded by taxpayers." They are putting their interests as publishers ahead of their interests as scientific societies.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/09/2006 07:48:00 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.
