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 <[email protected]> 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 <[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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- Brian Rowe 3L Seattle University (206) 335-8577 (Cell) Access To Justice Technology Principles www.ATJWeb.org Freedom for IP www.FreedomforIP.org Seattle Human Rights Network www.SeattleHumanRightsNetwork.org
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