A very easy thing to do is inform other university community members about this. I wrote an OpEd for the Georgetown newspaper. Feel free to re-appropriate it: http://thehoya.com/node/18112
And get in touch with the librarians. They are great on this issue. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Gavin Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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." 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