Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-21-2013
Abstract
In my talk, I'll discuss the current state of legal Open Access as it faces challenge from publishers and regulatory establishments above and from extra-legal filesharing bubbling under the surface. Specifically, I'll discuss how the case of Aaron Swartz exposes the ethical culture of the "guerilla open-access" undercurrent that seeks to disruptively advance the OA mission. “The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations. Want to read the papers featuring the most famous results of the sciences? You'll need to send enormous amounts to publishers like Reed Elsevier” (Swartz 2008).
Publication Information
Hockenberry, Benjamin L., "The Guerilla Open Access Manifesto: Aaron Swartz, open access and the sharing imperative" (2013). Lavery Library Faculty/Staff Publications. Paper 6.
https://fisherpub.sjf.edu/library_pub/6
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Comments
Paper and slides delivered at World Philosophy Day, St. John Fisher College, Nov. 21, 2013.