Let's Stop this Stupid Bill!

Dems Push Another Fake ‘Fair’ Bill That Will Kill Online Science Research Publishing

The “Fair Copyright in Research Works Act” wants to prevent federally funded scientists from publishing their research findings anyplace but in expensive scientific journals that the layman has little or no access to, thus effectively preventing the public from knowing anything abut the research their tax dollars are paying for.

This bill will hinder scientific research, quash the public’s easy access to research results, and make science even more prohibitively expensive than it already is. [The Astrophysical Journal costs over $2000/year, and they charge scientists to publish in them! So this bill would force scientists to spend money to publish, and force you to spend money to read them.]

Here's the bill.

Read more about it:

Rep. Conyers wants science to be secret… or you will pay

Is NIH Public Access Mandate In Danger?

House Hearing on "Fair Copyright in Research Works Act"

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

Fair Copyright in Research Works Act Challenges Federal Funding

H/T: Granny Grump.

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