It's a good point, and I would like to note that the Canadian government has
adopted this policy. Many papers published by government agencies, such as
the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, are free to
Canadians while others have to pay.
Actually though the policy is not exactly as stated - while they state that
the papers are free to all Canadian citizens, the truth is that they are
only free to Canadian residents, presumably by checking the address from
which the request comes. Thus an Albanian visiting Toronto has free access
to all these journals, while I, a Canadian citizen living in Portugal, do
not! Frustrating, but a step in the right direction.
By the way, my wife desperately needs a reprint of a 2001 paper in CJFAS -
if any kind Canadian residents would like to help her, please write me off
list for details.
Bill Silvert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dong Gill Kim" <donggill...@gmail.com>
To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access and Intellectual Imperialism
I think (as an ordinary guy, no law major and even did not take any law
subject) logically the results from projects funded by tax money should be
available for tax payers (including us) without any restriction. We pay
for research and then we pay for reading results of the research. Isn't it
double payment? Is there any thing wrong in my logic? What do you think
about this logic in the big picture not just focused on any law related to
copywright or properties?
