Congress Pushing Open Access for Government-Funded Research

jefu writes "According to this article from UPI Congress may be moving toward mandating 'Open Access' to the public for scientific papers. This move is prompted by the high prices scientific journals often charge for subscriptions and for reprints -- even when the papers were funded by government grants. The publishers and societies are opposed to the idea as it seems likely to cut into their financial base. This is an interesting move by politicians who usually find laws that make things more expensive for consumers all too attractive."

Comments

Re:Get over it

[jkrise]

So if the government makes a rocket using public money, they should give free access to all citizens? Crazy idea.

Misread

[deutschemonte]

Did anyone else mistakenly read this as "open source" instead of "open access"?

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Obligatory Dilbert Quote:
Season 2
Episode 27
19 min 56 sec

Dilbert: "She said she might call. Do you think underneath her smoke stained exterior beat a heart of gold?"
Dogbert: "Uh, if by 'heart of gold' you mean 'lungs of charcoal' then yes."
Dilbert: "I admit I was tempted to destroy the democratic process to gain the love of a woman."
Dogbert: "Love?"
Dilbert: "Not real love, but at least the kind that gives you false hope for a few days. I like false hope."
Dogbert: "Maybe she lost your number."
Dilbert: "Maybe she did!"

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Just as the woman really did love Dilbert but was relegated to a third world country in South America by Big Tobacco, open source is also oppressed and relegated to third world countries by Big M$.

In any event, I too like false hope.