Notes on the Research Works Act - Harvard Open Access Project
peter.suber's bookmarks 2017-07-28
Summary:
"The Research Works Act (HR 3699) would repeal the OA policy at the NIH and block similar policies at other federal agencies.
The main section (Section 2) is brief: "No Federal agency may adopt, implement, maintain, continue, or otherwise engage in any policy, program, or other activity that -- (1) causes, permits, or authorizes network dissemination of any private-sector research work without the prior consent of the publisher of such work; or (2) requires that any actual or prospective author, or the employer of such an actual or prospective author, assent to network dissemination of a private-sector research work." ..."