[FC-discuss] "Scientific publishers get a law introduced to end free publication of govt-funded research"
Gavin Baker
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Fri Feb 27 21:19:29 EST 2009
The place to start for ideas:
http://www.righttoresearch.org/
Brian Rowe wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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>
> > <mailto: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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