More on the problem of excessive accessibility....The AP surveys state responses to the problem. Some open-records advocates "fear [that] lawmakers might use the Internet as an excuse to deny the public access to information off-line." Quoting Timothy Smith, director for the Ohio Center for Privacy and the First Amendment at Kent State University: "I'm deeply suspicious of anyone tinkering with open records laws because they're usually doing it for a specific self-serving reason." He adds that states can put public records online after deleting personal information about individuals such as name, address, and social security number.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/14/2002 09:41:00 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.
