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This bill seeks to amend copyright code and create a new category of copyrighted works to the effect of reversing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy. This would prohibit the government from requiring scholarly journals to make federally funded studies accessible to the public.
Proponents of the bill are largely limited to the American Association of Publishers and the bill’s sponsors, namely
Rep. John Conyers, who introduced it for the second time after its exact replica, H.R. 6845, died in the 110th Congress.
OpenCongress bill summaries are written by OpenCongress editors and are entirely independent of Congress and the federal government. For the summary provided by Congress itself, via the Congressional Research Service, see the "Official Summary" below.
Official Summary
2/3/2009--Introduced.Fair Copyright in Research Works Act - Prohibits any federal agency from imposing any condition, in connection with a funding agreement, that requires the transfer or license to or for a federal agency, or requires the absence or abandonment, of specified exclusive rig...
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Organizations Supporting H.R.801
- American Chemical Society
- American Business Media
- American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists
- American Psychological Association
- American Physiological Association
- American Institute of Physics
- ...and 12 more.
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Organizations Opposing H.R.801
- DigitalKoans
- Special Libraries Association
- Scholarly Publising and Academic Resources Coalition
- Public Library of Science
- Public Knowledge
- Greater Western Library Alliance
- ...and 8 more.
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02/10/09
...consider the environment before printing this e-mail. On behalf of [your organization], I strongly urge you to oppose H.R. 801, "the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act," introduced to the House Judiciary Committee on February 3, 2009. This bill would
02/03/09
Although the text of HR 801 has yet to be posted online, those who have seen it say it has much the same text as HR 6845, which was the subject of a ...
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12/07/10
The news here is decidedly mixed. Issa was a co-sponsor of the original version of the Conyers bill (September 2008, 110th Congress, HR 6845), and a co-sponsor of its re-introduction in February 2009 (111th Congress, HR 801). ...
12/04/10
By Noah Kunin, Senior Political Correspondent This the complete interview I conducted with Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig on the opposition to HR 801 -
11/16/10
Opposing Bill, Opposing Senator, Opposing Representative. H.R.45 Blair Holt's Firearm ... 1 · H.R.955 H.R.955. 1 · H.R.801 Fair Copyright in Res... 1 · H.R.985 Free Flow of Informat. ...
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