Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Critics Fear Database Bill Will Hinder Research, FoxNews, October 9, 2003. Excerpt: "[O]pponents say the encroaching legislation would prevent scientists from engaging in research and children from doing book reports. The legislation is so broadly written, critics say, that college professors writing research papers based on scientific databases or non-profit organizations publishing statistics on their Web sites could be subject to penalties." Quoting Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL): "I believe that Congress should not create property rights in facts." (Thanks to ShelfLife.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/23/2003 02:19:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
