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Every small bit helps!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Ina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Aubrey Madiba [mailto:MadibaAM@ufs.ac.za] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 28, 2017 12:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ina Smith <Ina@assaf.org.za>; irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za; heligliasa@googlegroups.com<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: Colombian Court Acquits Diego Gómez of Criminal Charges for Sharing a Research Paper Online<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>It is victory indeed, I am glad I signed the petition!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thanks for sharing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Monde</span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:heligliasa@googlegroups.com">heligliasa@googlegroups.com</a> [<a href="mailto:heligliasa@googlegroups.com">mailto:heligliasa@googlegroups.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ina Smith<br><b>Sent:</b> 28 May 2017 11:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za">irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a>; <a href="mailto:heligliasa@googlegroups.com">heligliasa@googlegroups.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [heligliasa] Colombian Court Acquits Diego Gómez of Criminal Charges for Sharing a Research Paper Online<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>This is a great breakthrough for Open Access. Access to publicly funded research a basic human right.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><a href="https://creativecommons.org/2017/05/24/colombian-court-acquits-diego-gomez-criminal-charges-sharing-research-paper-online/">https://creativecommons.org/2017/05/24/colombian-court-acquits-diego-gomez-criminal-charges-sharing-research-paper-online/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Diego Gómez, the Colombian student who for the last three years has been prosecuted for sharing an academic paper online, has been<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.nature.com/news/colombian-biologist-cleared-of-criminal-charges-for-posting-another-scientist-s-thesis-online-1.22057"><span style='color:black'>cleared of criminal charges</span></a>. The decision was delivered today(24 May 2017) by a judge in the Bogotá Circuit Criminal Court.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:21.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: inherit;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>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. 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