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Sat Aug 30 23:01:10 BST 2008

"The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR
6845 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.6845:> that, depending
on its final format, may significantly curtail or eliminate the NIH's
ability to continue its open access policy. The current bill would prevent
any arm of the federal government from making research funding contingent
upon "the transfer or license to or for a Federal agency of... any right
provided under paragraph (1) or (2) of section
106<http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/copyright.act.chapt1b.html>in
an extrinsic work, to the extent that, solely for purposes of this
subsection, such right involves the availability to the public of that
work." Those Section 106 rights include the reproduction of the work."

Extremely concerning, if you ask me the PubMed open access is one of the
best things NIH has done recently, and should be supported, not endangered!

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<div dir="ltr">From <a href="http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/open-access-science.ars">http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/open-access-science.ars</a><br><br>&quot;The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.6845:">HR 6845</a>
that, depending on its final format, may significantly curtail or
eliminate the NIH&#39;s ability to continue its open access policy. The
current bill would prevent any arm of the federal government from
making research funding contingent upon &quot;the transfer or license to or
for a Federal agency of... any right provided under <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/copyright.act.chapt1b.html">paragraph (1) or (2) of section 106</a>
in an extrinsic work, to the extent that, solely for purposes of this
subsection, such right involves the availability to the public of that
work.&quot; Those Section 106 rights include the reproduction of the work.&quot;<br><br>Extremely concerning, if you ask me the PubMed open access is one of the best things NIH has done recently, and should be supported, not endangered!<br>
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