Royal Society launches study on openness in science | Royal Society

"The study will look at questions such as: [1] What are the benefits and risks of openly sharing scientific data? [2] How does the rise of the blogosphere change scientific research? [3] What responsibility should scientists, their institutions and the funders of research have for open data? [4] How do we make information more accessible and who will pay to do it? [5] Should privately funded scientists be held to the same standards as those who are publicly funded? [5] How do we balance openness against intellectual property rights and in the case of medical information how do protect patient confidentiality? [6] Will the same rules apply to scientists across the world? ..."