JISC has put up a page endorsing Creative Commons in anticipation of the October 4 launch of the UK edition of CC. From the JISC page: "Education resource repositories present many challenges to institutions for the management of educational materials. Perhaps one of the biggest hurdles to overcome is dealing with copyright issues, for many an elusive and contentious issue. Creative Commons is a new way for authors, artists, musicians, film makers, programmers and others to make their creative works available to the world. Rather than the usual '(c) All Rights Reserved' approach that limits the use that can be made of works, Creative Commons provides a '(cc) Some Rights Reserved' licence. Creative individuals can use the Creative Commons website to automatically generate licences that fit their exact needs."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/02/2004 04:54:00 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.
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.
