Congress' Copyright Fight Puts Open Access Science in Peril
Ars technica, September 16, 2008
By John Timmer
The House of Representatives is considering legislation that would roll back a policy that provides open access to the scientific research it has funded. In hearings on the new bill, references to Napster and piracy make it clear that the fight over copyrights may drag science policy down into the mud with it.
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