First thus: Re: What's at Stake in the Georgia State University Copyright Case

"I can only hope that this will be the catalyst to bring open access into full acceptance, as pointed out by Mr. Smith of Duke. If the publishers win the case, they will probably lose the war, which would be just as well. More and more academics appear to be asking: why pay licensing fees to publishers who received the materials for free from the academics who created them, and who were practically forced to give up all their rights to their own creations as well? ..."