El New York Times del 26 de junio se hace eco de la iniciativa legislativa promovida por la "Public Library of Science" de un sistema público de acceso libre a los resultados de la investigación financiada con fondos públicos:
A group challenging the power of established scientific journals says legislation will be introduced to make the results of all federally financed research available to the public.
The group, the Public Library of Science, which includes scientists, doctors, researchers and their public supporters, plans to announce legislation on Thursday that would give taxpayers greater access to scientific data.
The group's objective is an open system of scientific publishing that would bypass the current system, which centers on journals that charge, through their subscriptions, for access to results.
The measure places results of research financed primarily by the government into the public domain so access cannot be prohibited by copyright, said Dr. Michael B. Eisen, a co-founder of the library, and a biologist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The bill also calls on federal agencies to improve access to their research results.