A student writing a dissertation on public access to the documents of the European Council wanted to see one of the Council opinions on a legislative proposal to regulate access to the documents. The European Ombudsman, Jacob Söderman, sided with the student and asked to the Council to make the opinion available. The Council said no. (Thanks to QuickLinks.) (PS: Open access should be debated, but not in the open.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/24/2003 03:50:00 PM.
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.
