Comments on: The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act is a lot of things, but fair ain’t one of them

By: Lathered Up About SOPA, RWA, and More

Lathered Up About SOPA, RWA, and More — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:14:11 +0000

[...] Paul Courant on the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act Kevin Smith on “Breaking Technology” [...]

By: CalAware Today» Blog Archive » Rep. Issa Wants You to Pay Twice for Medical Research

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:19:38 +0000

[...] Central within 12 months of publication. As Paul Courant, the University of Michigan Librarian wrote of the 2008 iteration of the bill, the AAP’s claim that the “Government does not fund peer-reviewed journal articles [...]

By: Why Is Open-Internet Champion Darrell Issa Supporting an Attack on Open Science? - NEWS AND ARTICLES – NEWS AND ARTICLES

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:06:03 +0000

[...] PubMed Central within 12 months of publication. As Paul Courant, a University of Michigan Librarian wrote of a 2008 iteration of a bill, a AAP’s explain that a “Government does not account peer-reviewed biography articles [...]

By: Ugh

Ugh — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:38:57 +0000

“They are not locking away or hoarding our reseach!”

Yes, they are. They even lock up public domain works from a century ago.

By: The “fair copyright in research works” controversy « What Is Research?

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:39:23 +0000

[...] reply was severely trashed by Michael Eisen, Peter Subers, and Lawrence Lessig. Blog posts by Paul Courant, Molly Kleinman, and numerous others. Clearly, the bill hasn’t gone down well with a lot of [...]

By: The “Not” Fair Copyright in Research Works Act « The Bioinformationista

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:28:29 +0000

[...] Access has a great summary on their site. I said in my previous post that Paul Courant’s blog entry on this topic is a good read, and it [...]

By: Marc Klibanow

Marc Klibanow — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:18:48 +0000

Thank you Paul for furthering the democratization of publicly funded information. On another note this guy Adler appears to be quite a whore given that his prior gig was with the ACLU defending the freedom of information act. I guess restricting information pays better. http://www.cptech.org/events/learningtools04052004/bio/aa.html

By: Molly Kleinman » Blog Archive » The “Fair Copyright in Research Works” Act rears its ugly head again

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:05:34 +0000

[...] I was disappointed to learn yesterday that Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) reintroduced the “Fair Copyright in Research Works” Act despite the fact that it is neither fair nor supportive of research. As Paul Courant put it in his blog post about it the first time around, “the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act is a lot of things, but fair ain’t one of them.… [...]

By: Sunny Jim

Sunny Jim — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:10:13 +0000

But surely publishers add something really valuable to academic work? They have consistently invested in the journals in which the research is published, and they pay for things like hosting platforms and technology. Much of the technology that makes OA a technical possibility (if not a realistic one) was developed by these odious publishers!

Offering information for sale is not the same thing as claiming ownership. They are not locking away or hoarding our reseach!

Jimbo

By: brunning@asu.edu

brunning@asu.edu — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:44:17 +0000

If STM publishers do business under a “dying business model” who are the “lots of people” who will pay for subscriptions?