H.R.6845 - Fair Copyright in Research Works Act
To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to works connected to certain funding agreements. view all titles (3)
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- Official: To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to works connected to certain funding agreements. as introduced.
- Popular: Fair Copyright in Research Works Act as introduced.
- Short: Fair Copyright in Research Works Act as introduced.
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plos needs you to make some noise!
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, ...
Publishers attempt to copyright research that YOU paid for
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. ...
zz House Weighs Proposal to Block Mandatory 'Open Access'
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. ...
Daily Scan: September 19, 2008 in Science
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 ...
A Blog Around The Clock : ACTION: let's kill this anti-OA bill ...
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. ...
In Other News, September 2008
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 "welcomed the introduction of legislation to protect the ...
Effect Measure : Another attempt to restrict your access to ...
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 ...
Congressâs copyright fight puts open access science in peril
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⦠arstechnica.com ...
Open Access Science in Peril
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. ...
Open Access in Peril?
The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR 6845 that, depending on its final format, may significantly curtail or eliminate the NIHâs ability to continue its open access policy. ...
Congressâs copyright fight against open access science
The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR 6845 that, depending on its final format, may significantly curtail or eliminate the NIHâs ability to continue its open access policy. ...
Congressional Threat against Open Access [Greg Ladenâs Blog]
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 ...
House introduces bill that may endanger open access
The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR 6845 that, depending on its final format, may significantly curtail or eliminate the NIHâs ability to continue its open access policy. ...
Open Access Science in Peril?
The House of Representatives has seen the introduction of legislation, HR 6845 that, depending on its final format, may significantly curtail or eliminate the NIHâs ability to continue its open access policy. ...
Open access under attack
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. ...
NIH Public Access: The Battle Begins
House Bill HR 6845 was introduced (you can find it by querying âHR 6845â² 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 ...
OnTheCommons.org » Publishers Take Aim at Open Access
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 ...
Open Accessâ is there still a debate?
HR 6845 would undermine science and devalue the governmentâs 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 ...
Congressional Threat against Open Access
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. ...
publishers take aim at open access
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 ...
Policy & Practice News - American Society of Hematology
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 â including NIH â from "requiring the transfer of ...
Ditzler Blog: Random, but not totally a 'ditz'!: I wanted to call ...
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, ...
GenomeWeb News: Nobel Laureates Support NIH in Open Access Debate
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 âwould recognize ...
News from the publishing world: NIH policy and open textbooks
On September 11, the House Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on the "Fair Copyright in Research Works Act," HR 6845 (introduced on 9/9/08), which would have rolled back the National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandate that ...
nih policy will âdestroyâ commercial scientific publishing
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 ...
NIH Public Policy Hearing held on September 11, 2008
For additional information, and recent media coverage of the hearing, please visit SPARCâs website. Also, view the complete video webcast of the hearing on HR 6845, the âFair Copyright in Research Works Act.â
NIH Fights Congress
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 ...
Clearing the Air: Intellectual Property Revisited
... 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...
Congress Debates Silencing NIH
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 ...
TK Kenyon - NIH's Battle With Congress Over Free Speech
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 ...
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