Naomi S. Baron, Rethinking written culture, Language Sciences 26(1), 57-96 (January 2004). (Access restricted to subscribers.) In an extensive essay on the computer's impact on how we perceive and make written culture, Baron includes a section "5.2. Challenging attributes of written culture," which mentions rethinking notions of copyright and gives a passing reference to open access:
how do you motivate authors to create new works (from which they can benefit financially) while at the same time making those works readily available to promote the common good? The issue of open access is particularly salient in the US, where commitment to public interest is embedded not only in national policy but in the American psyche. Nowhere are these presumptions about the right to free access clearer than in the computing community. The role of hippies and communes in creating some of the earliest computer bulletin boards for freely exchanging information is well known ...
A bit of a caricature, perhaps. Baron also mentions Stevan Harnad and self-archiving in the context of rethinking the whole idea of publishing.
Posted by
Garrett at 4/08/2004 04:32:00 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.
