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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> 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." " > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- > Gavin Baker > http://www.gavinbaker.com/ > [email protected] > > No, I do not weep at the world -- I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife. > Zora Neale Hurston > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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