Yesterday Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA.) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) officially introduced the Public Domain Enhancement Act. Quoting Lofgren: "Our Founding Fathers recognized that society has an interest in the free flow of ideas, information and commerce,” said Lofgren. “That is why copyright protection does not last forever. This bill will breathe life into older works whose long-forgotten stories, songs, pictures and movies are no longer published, read, heard or seen. It is time to give these treasures back to the public." News coverage.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/26/2003 10:27:00 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.
