NBC Nightly News broadcast a story on Wednesday about how it came to embrace YouTube after initially protesting its unpermitted use of NBC content. This is not about scholarly communication, of course, and the story starts with a clear, if beneficial, infringement of NBC's copyright. But look past those differences to the fact that NBC changed its mind about YouTube when it realized that the new medium could greatly enhance its visibility and impact. (Thanks to Public Knowledge.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/30/2006 09:27:00 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.
