Hi, Eric:
Thanks for this. I have two references that might support your
recommendations that a quick search did not find:
Spencer Graves (2023) "Do copyrights and paywalls on academic journals
violate the US Constitution?".[1]
>> ANSWER: The Copyright clause of the US Constitution authorizes
intellectual property protection "To promote the Progress of Science and
useful Arts": No one writes for a refereed academic journal with a
realistic expectation of earning copyright royalties from such articles.
In the age of the Internet, paywalls and copyrights on refereed academic
journals are obstacles to the progress of science and the useful arts.
Dean Baker (2016) Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern
Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer (Center for Economic and
Policy Research, ch. 5) says more broadly that the results of
government-funded research should be exempt from patent and copyright
protection.[2]
In my experience, a literature search is never complete ;-) I hope you
all find the mention of these two references useful -- and not an
expression of egotism on my part, as the author of the most recent of
these two references.
[1] Spencer Graves (2023) "Do copyrights and paywalls on academic
journals violate the US Constitution?":
http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue103/Graves103.pdf
[2] Dean Baker (2016) Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the
Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer (Center for
Economic and Policy Research):
https://deanbaker.net/books/rigged.htm
On 9/10/25 07:15, Eric Luth wrote:
Hi all,
It might interest some on this mailing list: Wikimedia Sverige and the
Swedish Library Association just published a co-written report on open
access to science and copyright. The purpose of the report is to propose
a way forward for reaching the aim of 100% open access to publicly
funded research. The report is still in Swedish, but we are working on a
potential English translation (and I suppose machine translation can do
a job too): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:
%C3%96ppen_vetenskap_och_upphovsr%C3%A4tt.pdf <https://
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:
%C3%96ppen_vetenskap_och_upphovsr%C3%A4tt.pdf>
The report will be used to get MPs to draft motions for legislative
change, but was also used as the foundation for our input to the EU
Commission on a proposed European Research Area Act. There is an open
call for evidence open that closes by the end of this day, if any other
European affiliates interested in open access questions want to have a
say. Here's our input: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/
have-your-say/initiatives/14608-European-Research-Area-Act/F3713161_en
<https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/
initiatives/14608-European-Research-Area-Act/F3713161_en>
Best
*Eric Luth*
Projektledare engagemang och påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement and
Advocacy
Wikimedia Sverige
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