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New Bill Would Repeal NIH Open Access Policy
pigah writes "The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act has been reintroduced into Congress. The bill will ban open access policies in federal agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These policies require scientists to provide public access to their work if it has been funded with money from an agency with an open access policy. Such policies ensure that the public has access to read the results of research that it has funded. It appears that Representative John Conyers (D-MI), the author of the bill, is doing the bidding of publishing companies who do not want to lose control of this valuable information that they sell for exorbitant fees thereby restricting access by the general public to an essentially public good."
I don't see what the big deal is. It's not like this institution is a great source of progress or innovation. I don't think anything of value will be lost. I mean, even look at their acronym: Not Invented Here.
Be relentless!
The difference between the Democrats and Republicans is that Democrats cost more. Look it up.
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put these people in power cause they were so much better then conservatives. Guess what you've been PUNKED by the very people you are a part of. Thanks for finishing off this country.
Go ahead and mark me as a troll, suppression of differing thought is the liberal way.