From: "Mason, Dorothy L (Dorothy)" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 14:09:55 +0000

It is interesting that Nature has done so.  I read the following
article in the Scientific American blog in which the author has a good
point to ponder about what this new #BeggarAccess system means for OA:

“Open Access advocates stress that OA is not just about access, but
about the ability to re-use the content in multiple ways. This new
initiative from Nature is limiting even the most basic re-uses of this
material: printing and saving. In the future, could publishers refuse
to allow anyone (even subscribers) to download or save copies of the
articles?”

Is Nature’s “free to view” program a step back for open access?

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/information-culture/2014/12/02/is-natures-free-to-view-program-a-step-back-for-open-access/

Dorothy L. Mason