The Daily Dot - Internet activists want publicly funded science to be publicly accessible

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-01-17

Summary:

"During the week of Jan. 13, digital rights activists including the Electronic Frontier Foundation are focused on promoting responsible copyright policy online. Copyright Week focuses on a different principle each day. The first two days of the event highlighted transparency and the importance of the public domain.  It’s no coincidence that Copyright Week begins just after the anniversary of the death of Internet activist Aaron Swartz and ends on the anniversary of the Internet’s uprising to defeat the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).  It’s also timed to coincide with what activists view as the latest major threat to the Internet. The United States is currently involved in a multinational trade negotiations, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Many of the organizations involved in Copyright Week, including the EFF, have actively come out against the secrecy surrounding the agreement. Each day, concerns about the TPP have been carefully woven into the materials published for Copyright Week, and activists are hoping this increased awareness will lead to public dissent. The topic being discussed Wednesday is Open Access, shorthand for unrestricted online access to scholarly research ..."

Link:

http://www.dailydot.com/politics/copyright-right-week-open-access-research-public/

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.advocacy oa.eff oa.copyright oa.legislation oa.copyright_week

Date tagged:

01/17/2014, 10:18

Date published:

01/17/2014, 05:18