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20 Rich. J.L. & Tech. 1 (2013-2014)

handle is hein.journals/jolt20 and id is 1 raw text is: Richmond Journal of Law & Technology NOT-So-OPEN ACCESS TO LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP: BALANCING STAKEHOLDER INTERESTS WITH COPYRIGHT PRINCIPLES By Christopher J. Ryan, Jr.* Cite as: Christopher J. Ryan, Jr., Not-So-Open Access to Legal Scholarship: Balancing Stakeholder Interests with Copyright Principles, 20 RICH. J.L. & TECH. 1 (2013), http://jolt.richmond.edu/v20i1/articlel.pdf. I. INTRODUCTION A. Recent Developments in the Case for Open Access to Scholarly Research [1] Last February, John P. Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, issued a new policy designed to increase open access to federally-financed research.' The memorandum, covering federal agencies with annual expenditures in excess of $100 million for scientific research and development, requires, inter alia, that: (1) agencies develop clear and coordinated policies to make federally- funded studies freely available to the public within one year of publication, *CJ Ryan received an A.B. from Dartmouth College, a M.Ed. degree from the University of Notre Dame, and a J.D. degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he was Notes Editor on Volume 101 of the KENTUCKY LAW JOURNAL. In July 2012, Kentucky Governor Steven L. Beshear appointed CJ to serve a one-year term on the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, the Commonwealth's higher education policy and regulation board. CJ would like to thank Professor Brian L. Frye, of the University of Kentucky College of Law, for his contributions to this article. See Memorandum from John P. Holdren, Director, Exec. Office of the President, Office of Sci. and Tech. Policy, to the Heads of Exec. Dep'ts and Agencies 1 (Feb. 22, 2013), available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp-public-access-memo 2013.pdf. 1 Volume XX, Issue 1