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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for H.R.6845 Fair Copyright in Research Works Act</title>
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  <updated>2009-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Opposition to Detroit Congressman&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s proposal for fees on research ...</title>
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      <name>Research Collaboration Blog </name>
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According to Sujal Parikh and John Prensner writing in the Ann Arbor News, &#226;&#8364;&#339;H.R. 6845 would delay this process and make the deposition of these articles more difficult, preventing researchers, physicians, and the public from retrieving ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mynetresearch.co.uk/wordpress/2009/01/01/opposition-to-detroit-congressman%E2%80%99s-proposal-for-fees-on-research-articles/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Peter Suber, Open Access News</title>
    <link href="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/12/med-student-editorial-against-conyers.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-09:/commentary/3667750</id>
    <updated>2008-12-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Open Access News </name>
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H.R. 6845 would delay this process and make the deposition of these articles more difficult....In addition, arguments by supporters of H.R. 6845 that submissions to the NIH hurt journal subscriptions are suspect. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/12/med-student-editorial-against-conyers.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>The Exchange Online</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-02:/commentary/3916524</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Exchange Online </name>
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U.S. Representatives Conyers, Issa, and Feeny introduced the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, HR 6845, on September 9, 2008. AAUP sent a letter in support of the bill to its sponsors and the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://aaupblog.aaupnet.org/?p=93&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>New Bill Would Forbid Copyright Transfer as a Condition for ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-12:/commentary/3281657</id>
    <updated>2008-11-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Scholarly Communication Issues </name>
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The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (HR 6845) has now been officially introduced. While it awaits passage, the bill would &quot;bar agencies of the federal government from requiring the transfer of copyright, whole or in part, as a...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lib.utk.edu/news/scholcomm/archives/collection_development_class/002502.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>WASHINGTON DC PRINCIPLES FO FREE ACCESS TO SCIENCE</title>
    <link href="http://islamboard.org/2008/11/washington-dc-principles-fo-free-access-to-science/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-10:/commentary/3253739</id>
    <updated>2008-11-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The FREE Foundation Site </name>
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NEW&gt;&gt;Society Publishers Support HR 6845 &#226;&#8364;&#8220; The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act. NEW&gt;&gt;Frank Testifies In Support Of Copyright Protection For Scientific Publishers. Coalition Members Comment on Request for Information: NIH Public ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://islamboard.org/2008/11/washington-dc-principles-fo-free-access-to-science/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Heather Joseph: Getting the message across [A Blog Around The Clock]</title>
    <link href="http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2008/11/heather_joseph_getting_the_mes.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-10:/commentary/3259401</id>
    <updated>2008-11-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed </name>
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The &quot;Fair Copyright in Research Works Act&quot; (HR 6845) would change US Copyright law to forbid agencies like the NIH from conditioning their grants to require public access to the published results of its research. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2008/11/heather_joseph_getting_the_mes.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>More support for the Conyers bill from STM</title>
    <link href="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/11/more-support-for-conyers-bill-from-stm.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-03:/commentary/3212661</id>
    <updated>2008-11-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Open Access News </name>
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Representatives from our association attended the hearing on HR 6845 which took place on 11 September 2008, and some comments were made by two of the witnesses, Dr Zerhouni of the NIH and Heather Joseph of ARL/SPARC, which we feel must ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/11/more-support-for-conyers-bill-from-stm.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>STM Sends Letter to US Congress Supporting the Fair Copyright Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.stm-assoc.org/home/stm-sends-letter-to-u-s-congress-supporting-the-fair-copyrig.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-30:/commentary/3183502</id>
    <updated>2008-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>News from STM </name>
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On 30 October 2008 STM's CEO, Michael Mabe, wrote to the US Congressional Committee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property (IP committee) supporting the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (HR 6845). ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stm-assoc.org/home/stm-sends-letter-to-u-s-congress-supporting-the-fair-copyrig.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Fair Copyright in Research Works Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-22:/commentary/3072134</id>
    <updated>2008-10-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Blog Law and Order - RSS Feeds </name>
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HR 6845 To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to works connected to certain funding agreements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jcjudge.net/?p=6895&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>The Attack on the NIH Policy</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-16:/commentary/3035421</id>
    <updated>2008-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Last month, Chairman Conyers (D-MI) introduced the &quot;Fair Copyright in Research Works Act&quot; (HR 6845) into the House. Paul Courant, Peter Suber, and others, rightly pointed out that &quot;fair&quot; is foul in this case. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://carrollogos.blogspot.com/2008/10/attack-on-nih-policy.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>A new federal copyright czar?</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-16:/commentary/3123026</id>
    <updated>2008-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>NUL Copyright </name>
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While the proposed law (HR 6845: Fair Copyright in Research Works Act), to eradicate the ability of the federal government to mandate open access to research funded by taxpayer funds has been challenged, we are now also working under ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/10/a_new_federal_copyright_czar.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Re: HR 6845</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-09:/commentary/3123023</id>
    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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As you may know, HR 6845 was introduced on September 9, 2008, which is very late in the Congressional session. It is highly unlikely that this piece of legislation will be acted upon this year. If it is not brought to the floor for a ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://staff.washington.edu/rec3141/wordpress/archives/285&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Fair Copyrights in Research Works Act-What is it?</title>
    <link href="http://empiplaw.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/fair-copyrights-in-research-works-act-what-is-it/" rel="alternate"/>
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    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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This is a House of Reprsentatives bill (HR 6845) that is designed to protect private citizens copyrights from mandatory licenses that federal agencies may require in exchange for federal funds that are used for research. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://empiplaw.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/fair-copyrights-in-research-works-act-what-is-it/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Vincent G. Rinn Law Library: Publisher Backlash Against NIH Open ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/3667753</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Vincent G. Rinn Law Library </name>
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Congressman Conyers has introduced H.R. 6845, the so-called &quot; Fair Copyright in Research Works Act&quot; which would prevent federal funding agencies from requiring grantees to transfer any rights or licenses to the government as a condition ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://depaullaw.typepad.com/library/2008/10/publisher-backl.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>CollegiateTimes.com - Editorial: Publicly funded research should ...</title>
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    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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The bill, HR 6845, seeks to require that all scientific research funded by the National Institute of Health must be made available via the scientific database PubMed Central within 12 months of publication. The NIH adopted this policy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/10/06/editorial__publicly_funded_research_should_be_publicly_accessible&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Open Access</title>
    <link href="http://libraryeverybody.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-access_06.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/commentary/2982613</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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John Conyers, D-Mich., introduced the bill HR 6845, Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, that would not only reverse the NIH Public Access Policy but would not allow other federal agencies to put similar policies into place ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://libraryeverybody.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-access_06.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>The &quot;Stop Open Access Act&quot;</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-04:/commentary/2957677</id>
    <updated>2008-10-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Peter Suber reports on HR 6845, which is officially called the &quot;Fair Copyright in Research Works Act&quot; but which Suber nicknames the &quot;Stop Open Access Act&quot; or the &quot;Put Publishers First Act.&quot; A bill to overturn the NIH policy, .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://freegovinfo.info/node/2053&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>A bill to overturn the NIH policy</title>
    <link href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/articles/a-bill-to-overturn-the-nih-policy.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-04:/commentary/3123025</id>
    <updated>2008-10-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>SPARC - Full Feed </name>
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John Conyers (D-MI) introduced the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (HR 6845) on September 9. Conyers is the chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee, which is the House committee most responsible for copyright legislation ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/articles/a-bill-to-overturn-the-nih-policy.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>CARL - ABRC</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/commentary/3337826</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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John Conyers (D-MI) introduced the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (H.R. 6845) on September 9. Conyers is the chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee, which is the House committee most responsible for copyright ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.carl-abrc.ca/publications/elert/2008/elert297-e.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Frank testifies in support of copyright protection for scientific ...</title>
    <link href="http://researchcopyright.blogspot.com/2008/09/frank-testifies-in-support-of-copyright.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-26:/commentary/2899029</id>
    <updated>2008-09-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>COPYRIGHT LAW and COPYRIGHT INFORMATION </name>
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Martin Frank, the executive director of The American Physiological Society and coordinator of the DC Principles Coalition, testified before a US House subcommittee in support of HR 6845, the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://researchcopyright.blogspot.com/2008/09/frank-testifies-in-support-of-copyright.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Frank testifies in support of copyright protection for scientific ...</title>
    <link href="http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1529147&amp;amp;type=post" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-26:/commentary/2909359</id>
    <updated>2008-09-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Intellectual Property Law - Justia blawgsearch.com </name>
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... the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requirement that final peer-reviewed manuscripts based upon NIH-funded research be published on its web site within 12 months of publication in a scientific journal. HR 6845 would &quot;prohibit...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1529147&amp;amp;type=post&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Some news on the Anti-NIH bill</title>
    <link href="http://repositoryblog.com/?p=11" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-22:/commentary/2875657</id>
    <updated>2008-09-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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I imagine most people with more than a passing interest in open access/copyright law-type news have heard about HR 6845, the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act. Essentially what is taking place is that various publishers are severely ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://repositoryblog.com/?p=11&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Not so much open, but more like closed</title>
    <link href="http://reallysmallfish.blogspot.com/2008/09/not-so-much-open-but-more-like-closed.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-21:/commentary/2884391</id>
    <updated>2008-09-21T08:11:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Really Small Fish</name>
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The United States financial industry is in the greatest meltdown since the great depression, we have an historic election where a black man may be elected to the highest office in the land, we are involved in two illegal and immoral wars as we attempt to b&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://reallysmallfish.blogspot.com/2008/09/not-so-much-open-but-more-like-closed.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Kicking the Doorstop on Open Access</title>
    <link href="http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/09/kicking-the-doorstop-on-open-access/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-21:/commentary/3545781</id>
    <updated>2008-09-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Science Progress </name>
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The &#226;&#8364;&#339;Fair Copyright in Research Works Act&#226;&#8364;* (HR 6845) would change copyright law to make it illegal for a government agency to demand that grantees hand over their published results for free if either of the two following conditions were ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/09/kicking-the-doorstop-on-open-access/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Help kill HR6845</title>
    <link href="http://chl82.blogspot.com/2008/09/help-kill-hr6845.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-21:/commentary/2879368</id>
    <updated>2008-09-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>To strive, to seek, to find... </name>
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This Ars Technica article covers efforts to push through HR-6845 (&quot;Fair Copyright in Research Works Act&quot;) would subvert current NIH policy requiring NIH funded work be made open access within 12 months of publication (typically through ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chl82.blogspot.com/2008/09/help-kill-hr6845.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Guernica / Blog / David Bollier: Publishers Take Aim at Open Access</title>
    <link href="http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/747/david_bollier_publishers_take/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-21:/commentary/3667752</id>
    <updated>2008-09-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Guernica / Blog </name>
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A bill recently introduced by House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, HR 6845, threatens to revert to the bad-old policy that used to prevail, in which commercial publishers retained a strict monopoly over publication rights to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/747/david_bollier_publishers_take/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Fair Copyright in Research Works Act Challenges Federal Funding</title>
    <link href="http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=50849" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-21:/commentary/3783679</id>
    <updated>2008-09-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Information Today News Breaks </name>
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John Conyers, D-Mich., introduced the bill HR 6845, Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, that would not only reverse the NIH Public Access Policy but would not allow other federal agencies to put similar policies into place ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=50849&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Congress seeks to ban open access requirements</title>
    <link href="http://zaneselvans.org/blog/2008/09/21/congress-seeks-to-ban-open-access-requirements/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-21:/commentary/2868823</id>
    <updated>2008-09-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Amateur Earthling </name>
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A bill duplicitously entitled the &#226;&#8364;&#339;Fair Copyright in Research Works Act&#226;&#8364;* (HR 6845) has been introduced in congress with the goal of prohibiting federal science funding agencies such as the NIH, NSF, NASA, etc. from making their grants ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://zaneselvans.org/blog/2008/09/21/congress-seeks-to-ban-open-access-requirements/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Working the B E N C H: Support Open Access - Contact your Elected ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.workingthebench.com/2008/09/support-open-access-contact-your.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-21:/commentary/3375071</id>
    <updated>2008-09-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Working the BENCH </name>
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So, today I would like to urge the few readers we have to contact your elected congressional representatives and ask them to vote NO on the &quot;Fair Copyright in Research Works Act&quot; (H.R.6845) which is due to a House floor vote. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workingthebench.com/2008/09/support-open-access-contact-your.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Government Weighs Open Access Against Publisher Interests</title>
    <link href="http://www.lib.utk.edu/news/scholcomm/archives/collection_development_class/002482.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-21:/commentary/2870721</id>
    <updated>2008-09-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Scholarly Communication Issues </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
September saw the introduction of HR 6845, a piece of legislation known as the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act. This legislation seeks to reverse federal public-access policies, such as the requirement that manuscripts resulting ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lib.utk.edu/news/scholcomm/archives/collection_development_class/002482.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>plos needs you to make some noise!</title>
    <link href="http://beckerinfo.net/bioinformatics/2008/09/20/plos-oa/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-20:/commentary/3123028</id>
    <updated>2008-09-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bioinformatics@Becker </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
on behalf of [your organization], i strongly urge you to oppose hr 6845, the fair copyright in research works act, introduced to the house judiciary committee, subcommittee on the courts, intellectual property and the internet, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://beckerinfo.net/bioinformatics/2008/09/20/plos-oa/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Publishers attempt to copyright research that YOU paid for</title>
    <link href="http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/showthread.php?t=118793" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-20:/commentary/2866390</id>
    <updated>2008-09-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>TheologyWeb Campus </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR 6845 that, depending on its final format, may significantly curtail or eliminate the NIH's ability to continue its open access policy. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/showthread.php?t=118793&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>zz House Weighs Proposal to Block Mandatory 'Open Access'</title>
    <link href="http://aprilsnail.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!879488507258D014!2642.entry" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-20:/commentary/2870722</id>
    <updated>2008-09-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>aprilsnail </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (HR 6845) would mean grantees could not be required to submit accepted papers to a free archive. Congress is not expected to act on the legislation before it adjourns later this month. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://aprilsnail.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!879488507258D014!2642.entry&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Daily Scan: September 19, 2008 in Science</title>
    <link href="http://www.genome-technology.com/issues/blog/general/149499-1.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-19:/commentary/3635384</id>
    <updated>2008-09-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Genome Technology Online Current Issue </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Hearings began last week on HR 6845, the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, introduced by Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers (D-MI). This act would bar any federal agency from mandating transferring or licensing a work to the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.genome-technology.com/issues/blog/general/149499-1.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A Blog Around The Clock : ACTION: let's kill this anti-OA bill ...</title>
    <link href="http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2008/09/action_lets_kill_this_antioa_b.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-19:/commentary/3783680</id>
    <updated>2008-09-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It seems the efforts of publishing companies are beginning to pay off with the introduction of the bill HR 6845. The bill would shift rights away from the article authors, the researchers, and back to large publishing houses. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2008/09/action_lets_kill_this_antioa_b.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>In Other News, September 2008</title>
    <link href="http://sspnet.org/News/In_Other_News__September_2008/news.aspx" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-18:/commentary/2856131</id>
    <updated>2008-09-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Society for Scholarly Publishing - News </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
AAP's Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division is vocal in support of HR 6845, the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act. In the press release, the organization says it &quot;welcomed the introduction of legislation to protect the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sspnet.org/News/In_Other_News__September_2008/news.aspx&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Effect Measure : Another attempt to restrict your access to ...</title>
    <link href="http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2008/09/another_attempt_to_restrict_yo.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-18:/commentary/3667751</id>
    <updated>2008-09-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
I strongly urge you to vote against HR 6845. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, YOUR NAME. Here are the House and Senate Judiciary Committee member and their fax numbers:. SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. name/state/fax ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2008/09/another_attempt_to_restrict_yo.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congress&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s copyright fight puts open access science in peril</title>
    <link href="http://nerdd.net/2008/09/17/congresss-copyright-fight-puts-open-access-science-in-peril/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/commentary/2866391</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>nerdd.net </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR 6845 that, depending on its final format, may significantly curtail or eliminate the NIH's ability to continue its open access&#226;&#8364;&#166; arstechnica.com ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nerdd.net/2008/09/17/congresss-copyright-fight-puts-open-access-science-in-peril/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Open Access Science in Peril</title>
    <link href="http://scienceuniversityonline.blogspot.com/2008/09/open-access-science-in-peril.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/commentary/2862362</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Science University Online </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR 6845 that, depending on its final format, may significantly curtail or eliminate the NIH's ability to continue its open access policy. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://scienceuniversityonline.blogspot.com/2008/09/open-access-science-in-peril.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Open Access in Peril?</title>
    <link href="http://librariesinteract.info/2008/09/18/open-access-in-peril/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/commentary/2847558</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Libraries Interact </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR 6845 that, depending on its final format, may significantly curtail or eliminate the NIH&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s ability to continue its open access policy. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://librariesinteract.info/2008/09/18/open-access-in-peril/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congress&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s copyright fight against open access science</title>
    <link href="http://www.isayev.info/archives/congresss-copyright-fight-against-open-access-science/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/commentary/2919533</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>isayev.info </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR 6845 that, depending on its final format, may significantly curtail or eliminate the NIH&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s ability to continue its open access policy. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isayev.info/archives/congresss-copyright-fight-against-open-access-science/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congressional Threat against Open Access [Greg Laden&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Blog]</title>
    <link href="http://www.world-of-science-news.com/world-of-science-news/congressional-threat-against-open-access-greg-ladens-blog/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/commentary/2999116</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>World of Science News </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It what may be little more than a turf battle among members (committees, really) in the US Congress, a major piece of legislation supporting Open Access in research may be in danger. There is an interesting piece about this in ars ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.world-of-science-news.com/world-of-science-news/congressional-threat-against-open-access-greg-ladens-blog/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>House introduces bill that may endanger open access</title>
    <link href="http://freeculturenews.com/2008/09/17/house-introduces-bill-that-may-endanger-open-access/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/commentary/2844401</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Free Culture News </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR 6845 that, depending on its final format, may significantly curtail or eliminate the NIH&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s ability to continue its open access policy. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://freeculturenews.com/2008/09/17/house-introduces-bill-that-may-endanger-open-access/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Open Access Science in Peril?</title>
    <link href="http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/research/2008/09/18/open-access-science-in-peril/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/commentary/2933463</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Office of Research </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR 6845 that, depending on its final format, may significantly curtail or eliminate the NIH&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s ability to continue its open access policy. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/research/2008/09/18/open-access-science-in-peril/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Open access under attack</title>
    <link href="http://www.politigenomics.com/2008/09/open-access-under-attack.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/commentary/2847557</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>PolITiGenomics </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It seems the efforts of publishing companies are beginning to pay off with the introduction of the bill HR 6845. The bill would shift rights away from the article authors, the researchers, and back to large publishing houses. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.politigenomics.com/2008/09/open-access-under-attack.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>NIH Public Access: The Battle Begins</title>
    <link href="http://bioinformatics.whatheblog.com/?p=24" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/commentary/2847559</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Bioinformatics Blog </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
House Bill HR 6845 was introduced (you can find it by querying &#226;&#8364;&#732;HR 6845&#226;&#8364;&#178; here) as the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act. After glancing over it, it seems that the bill intends to reverse the NIH policy decision by making sure funding ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bioinformatics.whatheblog.com/?p=24&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>OnTheCommons.org &#194;&#187; Publishers Take Aim at Open Access</title>
    <link href="http://onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2232" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/commentary/3545780</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OnTheCommons.org &#8212; Community Life </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
A bill recently introduced by House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, HR 6845, threatens to revert to the bad-old policy that used to prevail, in which commercial publishers retained a strict monopoly over publication rights to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2232&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Open Access&#226;&#8364;&#8220; is there still a debate?</title>
    <link href="http://staff.washington.edu/rec3141/wordpress/archives/241" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/commentary/3545779</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>That's Funny... </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
HR 6845 would undermine science and devalue the government&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s investment in science. I strongly urge you to vote against HR 6845, and to consider writing a counter-proposal that would extend the NIH requirement for open access to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://staff.washington.edu/rec3141/wordpress/archives/241&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congressional Threat against Open Access</title>
    <link href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/09/congressional_threat_against_o.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/commentary/2856132</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Greg Laden&amp;#39;s Blog </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR 6845 that, depending on its final format, may significantly curtail or eliminate the NIH's ability to continue its open access policy. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/09/congressional_threat_against_o.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>publishers take aim at open access</title>
    <link href="http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2232" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/commentary/3123027</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>onthecommons.org &#8212; Blog </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
a bill recently introduced by house judiciary chairman john conyers, hr 6845, threatens to revert to the bad-old policy that used to prevail, in which commercial publishers retained a strict monopoly over publication rights to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2232&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Policy &amp; Practice News - American Society of Hematology</title>
    <link href="http://www.hematology.org/policy/news/09162008.cfm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-16:/commentary/3545782</id>
    <updated>2008-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>ASH Policy and Practice News </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Earlier this week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) introduced legislation (H.R. 6845, The Fair Copyrights in Research Act) to prevent any federal agency &#226;&#8364;&#8220; including NIH &#226;&#8364;&#8220; from &quot;requiring the transfer of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hematology.org/policy/news/09162008.cfm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Ditzler Blog: Random, but not totally a 'ditz'!: I wanted to call ...</title>
    <link href="http://ditzler.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-wanted-to-call-attention-to-this.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-16:/commentary/3667755</id>
    <updated>2008-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Ditzler Blog: Random, but not totally a 'ditz'! </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
There is an interesting report from ArsTechnica about a bill that could potentially reverse the open access the NIH just mandated last year. Posted by Wyatt at 11:21 PM. Labels: ArsTechnica, HR 6845, National Institute of Health, NIH, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ditzler.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-wanted-to-call-attention-to-this.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>GenomeWeb News: Nobel Laureates Support NIH in Open Access Debate</title>
    <link href="http://www.genomeweb.com/issues/news/149462-1.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-16:/commentary/3337827</id>
    <updated>2008-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>GenomeWeb Daily News Current Issue </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
In a letter of its own last week, the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers praised the newly proposed H.R. 6845, the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, saying it &#226;&#8364;&#339;would recognize ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.genomeweb.com/issues/news/149462-1.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>News from the publishing world: NIH policy and open textbooks</title>
    <link href="http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/09/news_from_the_publishing_world.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-15:/commentary/2952085</id>
    <updated>2008-09-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>NUL Copyright </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
On September 11, the House Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on the &quot;Fair Copyright in Research Works Act,&quot; HR 6845 (introduced on 9/9/08), which would have rolled back the National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandate that ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/09/news_from_the_publishing_world.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>nih policy will &#226;&#8364;&#339;destroy&#226;&#8364;* commercial scientific publishing</title>
    <link href="http://blog.twidox.com/?p=254" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-15:/commentary/3123031</id>
    <updated>2008-09-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>blog.twidox.com </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
at a hearing held today, ostensibly held to discuss hr 6845, the fair copyright in research works act, the house judiciary subcommittee on courts, the internet and intellectual property, focused almost entirely on the current nih public ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.twidox.com/?p=254&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>NIH Public Policy Hearing held on September 11, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=792" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-15:/commentary/2839564</id>
    <updated>2008-09-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>District Dispatch </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
For additional information, and recent media coverage of the hearing, please visit SPARC&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s website. Also, view the complete video webcast of the hearing on HR 6845, the &#226;&#8364;&#339;Fair Copyright in Research Works Act.&#226;&#8364;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=792&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>NIH Fights Congress</title>
    <link href="http://tkkenyon.blogspot.com/2008/09/nih-fights-congress.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-13:/commentary/2891963</id>
    <updated>2008-09-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>TK Kenyon&amp;#39;s Author Blog </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Research Works Act (HR 6845) would mean that neither NIH nor any other federal agency could require grantees to submit accepted papers to a free archive. There is no companion bill in the Senate, and Congress is not expected to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tkkenyon.blogspot.com/2008/09/nih-fights-congress.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Clearing the Air: Intellectual Property Revisited</title>
    <link href="http://www.lib.utk.edu/news/scholcomm/archives/scholarly_publishing/002478.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-13:/commentary/2839565</id>
    <updated>2008-09-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Scholarly Communication Issues </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... of American Publishers (AAP) issued a press release titled Publishers Praise New Legislation to Safeguard Copyright in Research Works regarding the legislation of the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (HR 6845) that will aid...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lib.utk.edu/news/scholcomm/archives/scholarly_publishing/002478.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congress Debates Silencing NIH</title>
    <link href="http://science4non-majors.blogspot.com/2008/09/congress-debates-silencing-nih.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-13:/commentary/2999117</id>
    <updated>2008-09-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Science for Non-Majors </name>
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For the last couple years, the number of scientific papers accessible to the public for free has been steadily rising because NIH has required (or at least actively solicited) grantees to allow free access to grant-supported papers one ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://science4non-majors.blogspot.com/2008/09/congress-debates-silencing-nih.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>TK Kenyon - NIH's Battle With Congress Over Free Speech</title>
    <link href="http://www.kunati.com/tk-kenyons-blog-author-of-rabi/2008/9/13/tk-kenyon-nihs-battle-with-congress-over-free-speech.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-13:/commentary/3014487</id>
    <updated>2008-09-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Blog for TK Kenyon, author of starred reviewed... </name>
    </author>
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by TK Kenyon. For the last few years, the number of scientific papers accessible for free has been steadily rising because NIH has required (or at least actively solicited) grantees to allow free access to grant-supported papers one ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kunati.com/tk-kenyons-blog-author-of-rabi/2008/9/13/tk-kenyon-nihs-battle-with-congress-over-free-speech.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>NIH's Battle With Congress Over Free Speech</title>
    <link href="http://www.kunati.com/tk-kenyons-blog-author-of-rabi/2008/9/13/nihs-battle-with-congress-over-free-speech.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-13:/commentary/2832084</id>
    <updated>2008-09-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Blog for TK Kenyon, author of starred reviewed... </name>
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Research Works Act (HR 6845) would mean that neither NIH nor any other federal agency could require grantees to submit accepted papers to a free archive. There is no companion bill in the Senate, and Congress is not expected to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kunati.com/tk-kenyons-blog-author-of-rabi/2008/9/13/nihs-battle-with-congress-over-free-speech.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>graft and corruption alert</title>
    <link href="http://montyy0.livejournal.com/235911.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-12:/commentary/3123032</id>
    <updated>2008-09-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Mark &amp;quot;Monty&amp;quot; Montague </name>
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hr 6845 is the bill, hypocritically named the &quot;fair copyright in research works&quot; (my response: it's not fair to require that researchers transfer copyright ownership of their research results to a publisher in order to allowed to have ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://montyy0.livejournal.com/235911.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Congressional testimony on NIH Public Access repeal effort</title>
    <link href="http://itisnotjunk.blogspot.com/2008/09/congressional-testimony-on-nih-public.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-12:/commentary/2831142</id>
    <updated>2008-09-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>It is NOT junk </name>
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The House Judiciary Committee held hearings today on the newly introduced &quot;Fair Copyright and Research Works Act (HR 6845),&quot; which is a publisher-promoted effort to repeal the NIH Public Access Policy. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://itisnotjunk.blogspot.com/2008/09/congressional-testimony-on-nih-public.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>y! alert: potential - google blog search</title>
    <link href="http://ijes9r203djosi.blogspot.com/2008/09/y-alert-potential-google-blog-search_12.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-12:/commentary/3085491</id>
    <updated>2008-09-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Len </name>
    </author>
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science news posted an article yesterday on the possibility of the introduction of the the fair copyright in research works act (hr 6845) which would reverse the nih public access policy. are you kidding me? ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ijes9r203djosi.blogspot.com/2008/09/y-alert-potential-google-blog-search_12.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Congressional Hearing Over Public Access Filled With High Drama</title>
    <link href="http://blogs.csun.edu/news/clips/2008/09/12/congressional-hearing-over-public-access-filled-with-high-drama/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-12:/commentary/2831141</id>
    <updated>2008-09-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CSUN University News </name>
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That point is the focus of the new bill, HR 6845, the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, which seeks to amend the legislation governing the NIH policy. It was introduced this week by John Conyers Jr., Democrat of Michigan. Mr. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.csun.edu/news/clips/2008/09/12/congressional-hearing-over-public-access-filled-with-high-drama/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Potential Bill to Block NIH Public Access Policy</title>
    <link href="http://jeansong.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/potential-bill-to-block-nih-public-access-policy/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-12:/commentary/2831140</id>
    <updated>2008-09-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Bioinformationista </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Science News posted an article yesterday on the possibility of the introduction of the The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (HR 6845) which would reverse the NIH Public Access Policy. Are you kidding me? ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jeansong.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/potential-bill-to-block-nih-public-access-policy/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Attacking Public Access Through the Copyright Act</title>
    <link href="http://carrollogos.blogspot.com/2008/09/attacking-public-access-through.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-12:/commentary/2831139</id>
    <updated>2008-09-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Carrollogos </name>
    </author>
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Conyers introduced HR 6845, &quot;The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act&quot;, into the House of Representatives. There is nothing fair about this bill at all, and it should be opposed by anyone who cares about public access to publicly funded ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://carrollogos.blogspot.com/2008/09/attacking-public-access-through.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hearing on bill that would block NIH Public Access policy</title>
    <link href="http://freegovinfo.info/node/2021" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-12:/commentary/2831138</id>
    <updated>2008-09-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Free Government Information (FGI) blogs </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The Hearings: Hearing on: HR 6845, the &quot;Fair Copyright in Research Works Act&quot; Thursday 09/11/2008 - 1:00 PM House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. [streaming RealPlayer video] ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://freegovinfo.info/node/2021&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congressional testimony on NIH Public Access repeal effort</title>
    <link href="http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=6" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-12:/commentary/2891966</id>
    <updated>2008-09-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>it is NOT junk </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House Judiciary Committee held hearings today on the newly introduced &#226;&#8364;&#339;Fair Copyright and Research Works Act (HR 6845),&#226;&#8364;* which is a publisher-promoted effort to repeal the NIH Public Access Policy. Peter Suber&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Open Access News ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=6&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>copyright fight over nih &amp; pubmed</title>
    <link href="http://barcorefblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/copyright-fight-over-nih-pubmed.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-12:/commentary/3123030</id>
    <updated>2008-09-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Barco 2.0 : Law Library Reference </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
the chronicle reports on the sturm und drang going on in the congressional hearing over hr 6845, the fair copyright in research works act: to amend title 17, united states code, with respect to works connected to certain funding ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://barcorefblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/copyright-fight-over-nih-pubmed.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 6845, The Fair Copyright in Research ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/200512381.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-11:/commentary/3835845</id>
    <updated>2008-09-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>WashingtonWatch.com - Comments for HR 6562,... </name>
    </author>
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H.R. 6845 would amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to works connected to certain funding agreements. Detailed Summary; Status of the Legislation; Points in Favor; Points Against ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/200512381.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>&#231;&#177;&#179;&#229;&#8250;&#189;&#239;&#188;&#353;NIH&#230;&#8211;&#185;&#233;&#8225;*&#227;*&#171;&#230;&#353;&#8212;&#233;&#8250;&#178; - &#230;&#402;&#8230;&#229;&#160;&#177;&#231;&#174;&#161;&#231;*&#8224;Web&#227;&#402;&#8249;&#227;&#402;&#165;&#227;&#402;&#188;&#227;&#8218;&#185;&#239;&#188;&#710;&#206;&#178;&#231;&#8240;&#710;&#239;&#188;&#8240;</title>
    <link href="http://johokanri.jp/news/?p=879" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-11:/commentary/3667754</id>
    <updated>2008-09-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>&#24773;&#22577;&#31649;&#29702;Web </name>
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&#227;&#8364;&#338;HR 6845&#227;*&#174;&#230;&#710;*&#231;&#171;&#8249;&#227;*&#175;&#227;&#8364;*&#231;&#180;*&#231;&#168;&#381;&#232;&#8364;&#8230;&#227;*&#174;&#229;&#352;&#169;&#230;&#710;*&#227;*&#171;&#227;*&#170;&#227;&#8218;&#8249;&#233;&#8225;*&#232;&#166;*&#227;*&#170;&#228;&#191;*&#229;*&#165;&#230;&#402;&#8230;&#229;&#160;&#177;&#227;*&#184;&#227;*&#174;&#227;&#8218;&#162;&#227;&#8218;&#175;&#227;&#8218;&#187;&#227;&#8218;&#185;&#227;*&#171;&#230;&#8218;&#170;&#227;*&#8222;&#229;&#189;&#177;&#233;&#376;&#191;&#227;&#8218;&#8217;&#229;*&#352;&#227;*&#188;&#227;*&#8482;&#227;&#8364;&#8218;NIH&#230;&#8211;&#185;&#233;&#8225;*&#227;*&#175;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://johokanri.jp/news/?p=879&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>More on today's hearing in the Judiciary Committee</title>
    <link href="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/09/more-on-today-hearing-in-judiciary.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-11:/commentary/2823702</id>
    <updated>2008-09-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Open Access News </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
&#226;&#8364;&#339;Government does not fund peer-reviewed journal articles&#226;&#8364;&#8221;publishers do,&#226;&#8364;* Allan Adler, AAP VP for government and legal affairs said in a statement, adding that HR 6845 would help &#226;&#8364;&#339;preserve the incentives for peer-review publishing.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/09/more-on-today-hearing-in-judiciary.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixteenmilesofstring/2848463393/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-11:/commentary/2856133</id>
    <updated>2008-09-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Uploads de tvol </name>
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tvol postou uma foto:. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Hearing on NIH mandate and legislation--HR 6845--&quot;Fair Copyright in Research Works Act&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixteenmilesofstring/2848463393/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Chemical &amp; Engineering News: Latest News - Protecting Copyright</title>
    <link href="http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/86/i37/8637notw2.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-10:/commentary/3783681</id>
    <updated>2008-09-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Chemical &amp; Engineering News: Latest News </name>
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The bill, the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (H.R. 6845), is supported by many advocates in the scholarly publishing industry, including the American Chemical Society, which publishes C&amp;EN. &quot;The legislation comes in response to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/86/i37/8637notw2.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Scourge of Rumpelstiltskin</title>
    <link href="http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2008/09/the-scourge-of-rumpelstiltskin/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-10:/commentary/2819460</id>
    <updated>2008-09-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Copyright Alliance Blog </name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
A story to explain why it&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s so important House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) has introduced legislation (HR-6845) last night to reaffirm the rights of copyright owners in the field of medical journals: ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2008/09/the-scourge-of-rumpelstiltskin/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>HR 6845, To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6845.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-08:/commentary/2823705</id>
    <updated>2008-09-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>washingtonwatch.com - Welcome to washingtonwatc... </name>
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HR 6845 would amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to works connected to certain funding agreements.... Vote on This Bill: For | Against.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6845.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>bill action: introduced: hr 6845: to amend title 17, united states ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-6845" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-08:/commentary/3123024</id>
    <updated>2008-09-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Active Legislation -- Tracked by govtrack.us </name>
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rep. john conyers [d-mi] introduced hr 6845: to amend title 17, united states code, with respect to works connected to certain funding agreements. [this event matched these trackers: active legislation ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-6845&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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