[FC-discuss] "Scientific publishers get a law introduced to end free publication of govt-funded research"
Kevin Donovan
kdonovan11 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 27 22:12:10 EST 2009
A very easy thing to do is inform other university community members about
this. I wrote an OpEd for the Georgetown newspaper. Feel free to
re-appropriate it: http://thehoya.com/node/18112
And get in touch with the librarians. They are great on this issue.
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Gavin Baker <gavin at gavinbaker.com> wrote:
> 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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