The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has issued a press relase, First Amendment Problems Remain in Wake of Latest OFAC Pronouncement, April 5, 2004. The AAUP objects that OFAC continues to deny that the Berman amendment (exempting "informational materials" from trade embargoes) applies to scientific editing. Moreover, the OFAC approval of IEEE's methods of editing submissions by foreign nationals may not apply to methods used by other journals and publishers. "Particularly troubling is OFAC's continued insistence that 'collaborative interaction' between the publisher and foreign author is prohibited....Most importantly...OFAC intends to continue to assert licensing authority over publishing activities --authority that we believe is denied to it by the express language of the Berman Amendment, as well as the First Amendment’s protection of the freedom of the press." (PS: Agreed.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/09/2004 12:39:00 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.
