[Cc-uk] Brussels drafts guide for closed world of science journals
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Fri Jan 26 07:40:43 EST 2007
This looks as if it might be good news.
http://euobserver.com/9/23348/?rk=1
Brussels drafts guide for closed world of science journals
25.01.2007 - 17:37 CET | By Andrew Rettman
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission is preparing new guidelines for the €3 billion a year European scientific publishing industry that could put pressure on major firms such as Elsevier or Oxford University Press to give free access to articles based on EU-funded work.
"We are looking at how to find a balance between academic interests and the companies that are investing their intellectual property," a spokeswoman for science commissioner Janez Potocnik said. "One suggestion is that research can be made public six months after it is published."
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