[FC-discuss] "Scientific publishers get a law introduced to end free publication of govt-funded research"

[Brian Rowe]

This would be a large step backwards for OA.  I am in for what ever we want
to do.

Here is a little more info on the finicing of the bill from Nathan
Georgette's Open Access
Blog<http://openaccessblog.com/2009/02/following-money-on-hr801.html>
:

Two days ago, I issued an urgent call to
action<http://openaccessblog.com/2009/02/stand-for-open-access-oppose-hr801.html>concerning
HR801, re-introduced by Congressional Representative John Conyers
> (D-MI), which would essentially reverse the NIH Open Access policy. I have
> much respect for Representative Conyers, especially on his health care
> policies. Thus, I was greatly disturbed upon hearing of this development.
>
> I wanted to know why Conyers would do such a thing, and began investigating
> the money trail on Conyers' campaign contributions (thanks Alex for the
> idea!). What I came upon sank my heart. According to Open Secrets<http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00004029>,
> Conyers' third single largest campaign contributor in 2008 was the American
> Intellectual Property Law Association <http://www.aipla.org/> (AIPLA),
> whose "Key Bills of the 111th Congress<http://www.aipla.org/Content/NavigationMenu/IP_Issues_and_Advocacy/Legislation1/111th_Congress/Key_Bills_of_the_111th/Key_Bills_of_the_111th.htm>"
> include HR801. Surprised? Shouldn't be. Money talks, and big money talks
> that much louder.


I joined the AIPLA last year as a student and was very unimpressed they are
on the ultra protectionist side of IP, I choose not to renew the membership
this year.  They have been recruiting students and professor rather heavily
over the last few years I am curious if we have any active members of the
AIPLA that are willing to speak out.

-Brian Rowe

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Elizabeth Stark <emstark at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think we can do something kind of big here. Barbie in a Blender style..
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Gavin Baker <gavin at gavinbaker.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, please get involved :)
>>
>> Need any help, holla at me!
>>
>> Elizabeth Stark wrote:
>> > There's a great opportunity for us to get involved in activism against
>> > this bill, especially involving chapters. Ideas for how we can best do
>> > this?
>> >
>> > I know Change Congress is looking to target it as well.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 6:19 AM, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org
>> > <mailto:rob at robmyers.org>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/16/scientific-publisher.html
>> >
>> >     "Steve sez, "Currently, the National Institutes of Health require
>> >     NIH-funded research to be published in open-access repositories. In
>> a
>> >     cop to for-profit science publishers, Congressional Representative
>> >     John Conyers (D-MI) has re-introduced a bill (HR801) that
>> essentially
>> >     would negate the NIH policy concerning depositing research in OA
>> >     repositories. The bill goes further than prohibiting open access
>> >     requirements, however, as the bill also prohibits government
>> agencies
>> >     from obtaining a license to publicly distribute, perform, or display
>> >     such work by, for example, placing it on the Internet, and would
>> >     repeal the longstanding 'federal purpose' doctrine, under which all
>> >     federal agencies that fund the creation of a copyrighted work
>> reserve
>> >     the 'royalty-free, nonexclusive right to reproduce, publish, or
>> >     otherwise use the work' for any federal purpose. The bill is bad
>> >     news." "
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