Open access jumps the pond.

This article reports that the open access movement has fueled debates in the U.S. between advocates of free access to biomedical literature and publishers that depend on subscription revenue for their livelihood. The controversy now travels to Great Britain, where funding organizations are working to establish a public-access archive for research articles. The archive aims to provide free, fully searchable access to research papers and data. For the value from research to be maximized, one has to ensure that the knowledge is freely and widely available to those who need to see it.