Copyright and Research: A Devastating Critique

[Stevan Harnad <harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk>]

                 ** Cross-Posted **

Andrew Adams (2007) has written a powerful, relentless and 
devastating critique of Kevin Taylor's (2007) "Copyright and 
research: an academic publisher's perspective." Adams cites other 
archivangelists in support of his position, but this lucid, 
timely, rigorous and compelling synthesis is entirely his own. It 
will be seen and cited as a landmark in the research community's 
delayed but inexorable transition to Open Access.

     Taylor, K. (2007) Copyright and research:
     an academic publisher's perspective. SCRIPT-ed 4(2) 233-236
     http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/script-ed/vol4-2/taylor.asp

     Adams, Andrew A, (2007) Copyright and research:
     an archivangelist's perspective 4(3) SCRIPT-ed 285
     http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/script-ed/vol4-3/adams.asp