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 <[email protected] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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]> > > <mailto:[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]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- > Gavin Baker > http://www.gavinbaker.com/ > [email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[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 <http://www.ATJWeb.org> > > Freedom for IP > www.FreedomforIP.org <http://www.FreedomforIP.org> > > Seattle Human Rights Network > www.SeattleHumanRightsNetwork.org <http://www.SeattleHumanRightsNetwork.org> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Gavin Baker http://www.gavinbaker.com/ [email protected] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
