Open Access to academic publications is on the tear, but the transition period seems to be long and expensive. To overcome this, research funders and research performing organisations have to launch common positions and funding programmes, especially to counteract the market power of some oligopolistic academic publishers. Europe is in an ideal position to take the lead in this process.

see: http://www.nature.com/news/a-coordinated-approach-is-key-for-open-a...