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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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Opposition to Detroit Congressmanâs proposal for fees on research ...
According to Sujal Parikh and John Prensner writing in the Ann Arbor News, âH.R. 6845 would delay this process and make the deposition of these articles more difficult, preventing researchers, physicians, and the public from retrieving ...
Peter Suber, Open Access News
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. ...
The Exchange Online
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, ...
New Bill Would Forbid Copyright Transfer as a Condition for ...
The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (HR 6845) has now been officially introduced. While it awaits passage, the bill would "bar agencies of the federal government from requiring the transfer of copyright, whole or in part, as a...
Heather Joseph: Getting the message across [A Blog Around The Clock]
The "Fair Copyright in Research Works Act" (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. ...
WASHINGTON DC PRINCIPLES FO FREE ACCESS TO SCIENCE
NEW>>Society Publishers Support HR 6845 â The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act. NEW>>Frank Testifies In Support Of Copyright Protection For Scientific Publishers. Coalition Members Comment on Request for Information: NIH Public ...
More support for the Conyers bill from STM
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 ...
STM Sends Letter to US Congress Supporting the Fair Copyright Act
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). ...
Fair Copyright in Research Works Act
HR 6845 To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to works connected to certain funding agreements.
The Attack on the NIH Policy
Last month, Chairman Conyers (D-MI) introduced the "Fair Copyright in Research Works Act" (HR 6845) into the House. Paul Courant, Peter Suber, and others, rightly pointed out that "fair" is foul in this case. ...
A new federal copyright czar?
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 ...
Re: HR 6845
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 ...
Fair Copyrights in Research Works Act-What is it?
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. ...
Vincent G. Rinn Law Library: Publisher Backlash Against NIH Open ...
Congressman Conyers has introduced H.R. 6845, the so-called " Fair Copyright in Research Works Act" which would prevent federal funding agencies from requiring grantees to transfer any rights or licenses to the government as a condition ...
CollegiateTimes.com - Editorial: Publicly funded research should ...
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 ...
Open Access
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 ...
A bill to overturn the NIH policy
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 ...
The "Stop Open Access Act"
Peter Suber reports on HR 6845, which is officially called the "Fair Copyright in Research Works Act" but which Suber nicknames the "Stop Open Access Act" or the "Put Publishers First Act." A bill to overturn the NIH policy, .
CARL - ABRC
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 ...
Frank testifies in support of copyright protection for scientific ...
... 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 "prohibit...
Frank testifies in support of copyright protection for scientific ...
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. ...
Some news on the Anti-NIH bill
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 ...
Not so much open, but more like closed
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
Guernica / Blog / David Bollier: 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 ...
Working the B E N C H: Support Open Access - Contact your Elected ...
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 "Fair Copyright in Research Works Act" (H.R.6845) which is due to a House floor vote. ...
Help kill HR6845
This Ars Technica article covers efforts to push through HR-6845 ("Fair Copyright in Research Works Act") would subvert current NIH policy requiring NIH funded work be made open access within 12 months of publication (typically through ...
Fair Copyright in Research Works Act Challenges Federal Funding
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 ...
Government Weighs Open Access Against Publisher Interests
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 ...
Congress seeks to ban open access requirements
A bill duplicitously entitled the âFair Copyright in Research Works Actâ (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 ...
Kicking the Doorstop on Open Access
The âFair Copyright in Research Works Actâ (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 ...
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