Many, many people are downloading music on the Internet these days. And, because of that there are some bands like Radiohead and now Nine Inch Nails who are no longer tied to a record label. Because of that, they are releasing their albums on the net, sometimes for free or for a donation [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘open access’
February 14, 2008
Lawrence Lessig’s Future of Ideas – free download
This isn’t much of a post, but a while back I saw that Lawrence Lessig is now offering his book The Future of Ideas free to all in PDF format on his website. He also mentions that his other books, Free Culture, and Code are also licensed under the Creative Commons (free to all) [...]
February 13, 2008
Harvard’s open access plan
Just yesterday I read that faculty in the Arts and Sciences at Harvard will have the option of opting out of an open access distribution plan for articles they write. What was surprising to me was that it was unanimously accepted by the Arts & Sciences faculty. It’s also worth reading Robert Darnton’s [...]
