[IRTalk] Sharing is not a crime! Stand up for Diego and Open Access TODAY.

[Ina Smith]

Dear Colleagues

We need your support. Please consider signing this. I have already done so.  It was shared by SPARC. Please also share with your networks.

Much appreciated!

Kind regards
Ina


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Today, we need your support and 3 minutes of your time.

A few years ago, a Colombian graduate student named Diego Gomez shared a colleague’s thesis with other scientists online<http://www.opencon2016.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eff.org%2Fdeeplinks%2F2014%2F07%2Fcolombian-student-faces-prison-charges-sharing-academic-article-online&e=60c17bf293cc1d15289f3fb9cd66dc81&utm_source=righttoresearch&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=diego_petition&n=1>. The author of the paper proceeded to file a lawsuit against him.

Diego, a fellow member of the OpenCon community, could now be sent to prison for up to eight years, simply because he shared an academic article with other scientists—something many researchers do everyday as a workaround to our broken system for communicating research results.  If Open Access were the default, Diego’s case would not exist.

Diego’s final hearing will be this Wednesday, January 25. This will be the last opportunity for our community to show support for Diego before the judge makes a decision.

Now is the time to act. We’re asking you to sign this petition in support of Diego and Open Access in the next 24 hours—in time for his final hearing:
Support Diego and Open Access<http://www.opencon2016.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fact.eff.org%2Faction%2Flet-s-stand-together-to-promote-open-access-worldwide&e=60c17bf293cc1d15289f3fb9cd66dc81&utm_source=righttoresearch&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=diego_petition&n=2>

We would also ask that you share this call to action through your social networks by Wednesday.
Share on Facebook<http://www.opencon2016.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FOpenConGlobal%2Fposts%2F641626369373318&e=60c17bf293cc1d15289f3fb9cd66dc81&utm_source=righttoresearch&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=diego_petition&n=3>
Share on Twitter<http://www.opencon2016.org/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fopen_con%2Fstatus%2F823566340682293248&e=60c17bf293cc1d15289f3fb9cd66dc81&utm_source=righttoresearch&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=diego_petition&n=4>

Thank you for your continued efforts to make scholarship openly available,

Nick


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