[open-science] US Congress considering bill to restrict NIH open access publication
David Joyner
wdjoyner at gmail.com
Sat Sep 20 13:19:19 UTC 2008
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Mike Chelen <mike at opensci.info> wrote:
> Thanks for the links, here is one more bit of coverage that includes
> some helpful info on the members of the committees:
> http://openaccessday.org/2008/09/18/nih-mandate-under-attack-we-need-your-help-by-924/
> Interesting to hear it will not have a chance of action for some time,
> hopefully we can use that interval to spread awareness and gather
> enough opinion to affect that of the representatives :)
Thanks for the link. I just emailed Cardin, who is the MD senator.
>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Hilary Spencer <h.spencer at natureny.com> wrote:
>> Lots of coverage on Peter Suber's OA News blog:
>> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008_09_07_fosblogarchive.html
>> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008_09_14_fosblogarchive.html
>>
>> Since the House begins their recess on Sept 26th (and doesn't reconvene
>> until January), no action will be taken on this bill until 2009:
>> http://www.libraryjournal.com/info/CA6596784.html?nid=2673#news1
>>
>>
>> oscimike wrote:
>>
>> From http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/open-access-science.ars
>>
>> "The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR
>> 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 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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