This is a good paper that takes a sober (and sometimes frustratingly unbiased) look at the rights, interests and responsibilities of various stakeholders with respect to copyright in academic publishing. While not proposing a specific model, it suggests that all stakeholders would benefit from increased accessibility to published materials. A nice table of "values at the core of electronic publishing" neatly organizes the competing needs and interests of various players in the environment. My only complaint is that the paper's methodology to a large degree determines its outcome. By considering the needs of all stakeholders, you arrive at a solution that balances those needs. But it leaves open the question of whether you need to balance everyone's needs, or only those of the authors and readers (which is, essentially, what publishing is all about). Publishers' needs, in other words, might be irrelevant. Still: good read.
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