U.S. Congress - H.R.3699 Research Works Act
H.R.3699 - Research Works Act
To ensure the continued publication and integrity of peer-reviewed research works by the private sector. view all titles (2)
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- Short: Research Works Act as introduced.
- Official: To ensure the continued publication and integrity of peer-reviewed research works by the private sector. as introduced.
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Organizations Supporting H.R.3699
- Association of American Publishers
- Ecological Society of America
- Copyright Alliance
- Software & Information Industry Association
Organizations Opposing H.R.3699
- Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
- American Association of Law Libraries
- The Alliance for Taxpayer Access
- International Society for Computational Biology
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Alliance for Taxpayer Access
- ...and 11 more. See all.
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Cross-Government Open Access Bills Introduced in House and Senate
That measure, the Research Works Act (H.R. 3699), would counter the open-access movement specifically by keeping federal agencies from permitting or requiring "network dissemination" of any "private-sector research work" without consent of the publisher.
Some Associations, Scholars Protest Bill That Would Curb Public Access to Research
Opposition to the Research Works Act continues to spread. In a statement posted today on its Web site, the Modern Language Association said it opposes the bill, HR 3699, which would prevent federal agencies from requiring researchers to make the published
Who Gets to See Published Research?
Darrell E. Issa, a Republican of California, and Carolyn B. Maloney, a Democrat of New York, introduced the Research Works Act (HR 3699) last month. The bill would forbid federal agencies to do anything that would result in the sharing of privately ...
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Stop H.R. 3699
(Finally. I really need to move my "blog to Congress" script over to ikiwiki.) Dear Representative Stark: I am writing to ask you to oppose H.R. 3699, the Research Works Act. If Rep. Darrell Issa came to you and said, "Let's give ...
Stop H.R. 3699
(Finally. I really need to move my "blog to Congress" script over to ikiwiki.) Dear Representative Stark: I am writing to ask you to oppose H.R. 3699, the Research Works Act. If Rep. Darrell Issa came to you and said, "Let's give ...
Stop H.R. 3699
(Finally. I really need to move my "blog to Congress" script over to ikiwiki.) Dear Representative Stark: I am writing to ask you to oppose H.R. 3699, the Research Works Act. If Rep. Darrell Issa came to you and said, "Let's give ...
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H.R.3699 Research Works Act
asudevil12
February 18, 2012
I am writing as your constituent in the 6th Congressional district of Arizona. I oppose H.R.3699 - Research Works Act, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
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H.R.3699 Research Works Act
sklemp
February 06, 2012
I am writing as your constituent in the 14th Congressional district of California. I oppose H.R.3699 - Research Works Act, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
I receive government funds through the National Science Foundation to carry out my research, and to train the next generation of researchers. I believe that by accepting public funding, I also accept a duty to work in the public interest, and to ma... -
H.R.3699 Research Works Act
dgingras
January 31, 2012
I oppose H.R.3699 - Research Works Act, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
17 U.S.C. ยง105 says "Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". That wording is crystal-clear: documentation and research funded by taxpayers is not copyrightable, and is 100% open and available to the public that funded it. It should not be locked-up behind a pay-wall for...
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