The Architecture of Access to Scientific Knowledge from lessig on Vimeo.

Larry Lessig speaks at CERN about the proper use of copyright and the moral case for open access. As I have written many times, I strongly believe our society is better off when science is open. I believe we now are allowing a few greedy institution (that seek to restrict science for the benefit of their organization) to pay our politicians to damage society for the benefit of a few donors.

Related: The Future of Scholarly Publication – Toward a More Open Scientific Culture – Why Copyright Extension is a Very Bad Idea – Patent Gridlock is Blocking Developing Lifesaving Drugs – Bad Government, Closed Access – John Conyers Against Open Science – Science Commons – Public Library of Science