More on the CIPR report....In yesterday's New York TimesSteve Lohr argued that US opposition to these recommendations for developing nations forgets its own policies and needs during the 19th century when it was a net importer of intellectual property. "Indeed, the economies that were shining success stories of development, from the United States in the 19th century to Japan and its East Asian neighbors like Taiwan and South Korea in the 20th, took off under systems of weak intellectual property protection." (Thanks to Terry Foreman.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/15/2002 10:11:00 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.
