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

Fri Feb 27 22:14:07 EST 2009

Definitely. I'm also thinking of some kind of coordinated action across FC
chapters, and/or site to coordinate action across the web. What else is out
there so far?

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Kevin Donovan <kdonovan11 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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