[IRTalk] Colombian Court Acquits Diego Gómez of Criminal Charges for Sharing a Research Paper Online

Ina Smith Ina at assaf.org.za
Sun May 28 11:52:40 SAST 2017


This is a great breakthrough for Open Access. Access to publicly funded research a basic human right.

https://creativecommons.org/2017/05/24/colombian-court-acquits-diego-gomez-criminal-charges-sharing-research-paper-online/


Diego Gómez, the Colombian student who for the last three years has been prosecuted for sharing an academic paper online, has been cleared of criminal charges<https://www.nature.com/news/colombian-biologist-cleared-of-criminal-charges-for-posting-another-scientist-s-thesis-online-1.22057>. The decision was delivered today(24 May 2017) by a judge in the Bogotá Circuit Criminal Court.

In 2014 Diego was a student in conservation and wildlife management, with poor access to many of the resources and databases that would help him conduct his research. Diego found and shared a academic paper online so that others could read and learn from it, just as he did. Gómez was prosecuted for copyright infringement, and faced up to eight years in prison.


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