Is Copyright turning into a Weapon of Mass Destruction? - Copybuzz

"And if this wasn’t bad enough, the ITRE Committee completely wrecked the entire scientific research landscape by changing one small word in Recital 33, making the press publishers rights also applicable to scientific publications, where the original text excluded them. Coming from a committee that claims to be an ardent proponent of open access, that certainly raises a question on where common sense was at yesterday?"