The Canadian Rabble.ca has launched a debate ("rabble rumble") on this proposition, "With advances in information and communications technology such as the internet, copyright protection is no longer relevant or necessary." Russell McOrmond takes the pro position, Susan Crean the con. (PS: This is a very bad way to frame the question, which implies that the internet has nullified, rather than transformed, the interests underlying copyright law. A better question is what sort of copyright law is compatible with taking full advantage of the internet.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/06/2002 08:50:00 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.
