Just wonderful
From
The Scientist:
Anti-Open Access Rises Again
US Representatives Darrel Issa (R-CA) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced a bill into the House of Representatives in mid-December that would roll back the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy, which mandates that any published research that was funded by the federal science agency be submitted to the publically accessible digital archive PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication in journals. The bill, H.R. 3699, would also make it illegal for other federal agencies to adopt similar open-access policies.
And who is pushing for this odious bit of legislation:
The legislation, referred to as the Research Works Act, is being applauded by the Association of American Publishers, a book publishing industry trade organization that claims the NIH policy and others like it undercut the scientific publishing business, which seldom receives federal funds. �At a time when job retention, US exports, scholarly excellence, scientific integrity, and digital copyright protection are all priorities, the Research Works Act ensures the sustainability of this industry,� said Tom Allen, president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers in a statement.
All people who stand to profit from it -- they want to sell us a $120 book with the data instead of us just downloading it.
This is work that we, as taxpayers, paid for and we deserve to be able to get the results.
Posted by DaveH at January 13, 2012 3:55 PM