In a victory for almost everybody, the leading publisher
(Elsevier) of academic journals has withdrawn its backing for a bill in
Congress that would have barred Uncle Sam from requiring Internet dissemination
of federally funded research without publisher approval……… Elsevier's support
of the Research Works Act had triggered a global boycott by more than 7,000
scientists recently. Now the bill HR 3699, is
almost dead.
http://the-scientist.com/2012/02/28/elsevier-abandons-anti-open-access-bill
http://www.newsday.com/opinion/positive-news-for-access-to-tax-funded-scienc...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/02/27/science-elsevier-boycott....
Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR,
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From: Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar
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