Christina Hoag, Publishers sue Treasury over Cuban works, San Luis Obispo Tribune (and many other Knight Ridder Tribune papers), September 27, 2004. Excerpt: "Seeking to overturn restrictions against publishing works from Cuba and other blacklisted countries, a group of scholarly publishers and authors on Monday sued the U.S. Treasury Department. 'Ideas should not be embargoed,' said Janet Francendese, editor in chief of Temple University Press, one of five publishers that have frozen Cuban projects for fear of being fined from the Office of Foreign Assets Control....According to OFAC, presses must obtain licenses to publish works from embargoed nations, which also include Iran and Sudan, or risk fines of up to $1 million or prison sentences of up to 10 years....'How can the United States uphold our position as a beacon for the free exchange of ideas and science if we ourselves censor authors because of where they live?' asked Marc Brodsky, chairman of the AAP/PSP."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/28/2004 10:08:00 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.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
