[Irtalk] FW: Support the Open Access Movement: Stop the Research Works Act! - The Petition Site

[Smith, Ina <ismith@sun.ac.za>]

From: Hilton Gibson [mailto:hilton.gibson at gmail.com]
Sent: 15 January 2012 23:42
To: fabteam at lists.lib.sun.ac.za; coolcats at lists.lib.sun.ac.za; Liebenberg, Anita <adl at sun.ac.za>; Natasja Malherbe; Paulette Taljaard; Davids, Ricardo <rddavids at sun.ac.za>; September, CLINT <cls at sun.ac.za>; Smith, Ina <ismith at sun.ac.za>; Klapwijk, WOUTER <wklap at sun.ac.za>
Subject: Support the Open Access Movement: Stop the Research Works Act! - The Petition Site

A recently introduced bill, H.R. 3699, the Research Works Act, would seriously threaten public access to federally funded research.

The bill would not only restrict internet access to articles published in scholarly journals and books; it would also severely hamper Creative Commons content.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/207/support-the-open-access-movement-stop-the-research-works-act/?cid=FB_TAF

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