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This document summarizes the key aspects of open access content and its role in building the research web. It discusses how open access can unlock scholarly content by removing copyright locks, allowing knowledge to be shared freely on the public internet. It advocates for a paradigm shift towards thinking of scholarly "papers" as living, networked knowledge rather than static documents. Finally, it provides an overview of legal and technical tools to facilitate open access implementation through publishers, academics, and institutions.