More on creeping anti-terrorism....When is selling a book about hockey an act of terrorism? The National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and the National Football League are joining forces to argue before the Supreme Court that a lower court ruling that permits the selling of books outside sports stadiums must be overturned on the ground that it would permit terrorists to disguise themselves as booksellers and get dangerously close to the stadium. Behind this fracas is a book by hockey fan Mark Weinberg critical of Bill Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks. Weinberg likes to sell his book outside the Blackhawks' stadium, and Wirtz wants this to stop. (Thanks to LIS News.) (PS: What if terrorists disguised themselves as men in suits?)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/10/2003 09:18:00 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.
