[Insight-developers] OPEN ACCESS: Association of American Publishers (AAP) Lobbying against Open Access

[Luis Ibanez]

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has just launched "PRISM" 
(Partnership for Research Integrity in Science & Medicine).

                http://www.prismcoalition.org/

"PRISM" is an anti-Open Access lobbying organization, intended to
counteract the accelerating growth of Open Access and the dramatic
success of the pro-OA Alliance for Taxpayer Access (ATA) lobbying
organization in the US and the EC Open Access Petition in Europe.


The twisted argument of the AAP is that "Open Access" amounts to
"Government Censorship". Yes, and they had to pay a PR consultant
to come with that brilliant idea  :-)

    http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070122/full/445347a.html


For a satirical caricature of the Protectionist effort of PRISM,
you may have some fun with :

                http://pisdcoalition.org/


Instead of embracing the information age, and exploiting the potential
of the Internet, publishers remain entrenched in obsolete business
models, and what to make sure that scientific research remains hostage
of their outdated practices.


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    Luis