Elections for European Parliament were held on June 4-7. One result is that Sweden's Pirate Party -- a supporter of OA -- gained its first seat. In Germany, the Pirate Party earned 0.9% of the vote: not enough for a seat in Parliament, but enough to qualify for public funding for future campaigns.
For a broad overview of the election, see coverage in the New York Times.
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.
