From: Jennifer Howard <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:38:50 +0000 Subject: RE: Aaron Swartz: Open and Closed Hi all, Jennifer Howard from the Chronicle here. The Swartz story is actually not behind the CHE paywall--try accessing it again. (FWIW, the article in question is an opinion piece, not a news story.) Thanks, Jen Cheers, Jen -----Original Message----- From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:37:14 +0400 Hi All There is an article in the Chronicle on Aaron Swartz. The title is "Aaron Swartz was right." As far as I can tell, the article defends Swartz's feelings, and, perhaps even his actions. I get that sense from the snippet of the article's opening paragraph, and from the blurb sent in the advertising mail: "The current academic publishing system is prettied-up extortion. He defied it, and the rest of us should too." So, why haven't I read the entire article? Because the Chronicle's article dealing with the way in which "academic publishing system is prettied-up extortion" and arguing that we should defy it, is, itself, locked behind the Chronicle's pay-wall. And I wonder if they are aware of the irony. Unfortunately, probably not. For those of you who have paid your dues ("extortion", quoting the blurb), or who are at institutions who have paid their dues, the article is at: http://chronicle.com/article/Aaron-Swartz-Was-Right/137425/?cid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en Regards Ken Dr. Ken Masters Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics Medical Education Unit College of Medicine & Health Sciences Sultan Qaboos University Sultanate of Oman E-i-C: The Internet Journal of Medical Education