Note: this post is superseded by: Around the Web: Research Works Act, Elsevier boycott & FRPAA.
Following on my post from yesterday on Scholarly Societies: It's time to abandon the AAP over The Research Works Act, I thought I'd gather together some of the recent posts on the issue.
The Wikipedia article is here, full text of the bill here and status here.
- 2012.01.04. New US Publisher Anti-OA Legislation by Cable Green
- 2012.01.04. A Threat to Open Access: the Research Works Act by Lisa Federer
- 2012.01.05. Update on publishers and SOPA: Time for scholarly publishers to disavow the AAP by Cameron Neylon
- 2012.01.05Elsevier-funded NY Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Wants to Deny Americans Access to Taxpayer Funded Research by Michael Eisen
- 2012.01.05. Dear Representatives Issa and Maloney - Are you kidding me? Stop this bill now #ClosedAccess by Jonathan Eisen
- 2012.01.05. Oppose H.R. 3699: To ensure the continued publication and integrity of peer-reviewed research works by the private sector. by Tim O'Reilly
- 2012.01.05. Why Is Open-Internet Champion Darrell Issa Supporting an Attack on Open Science? by Rebecca J. Rosen
- 2012.01.05. Research Works Act: fighting the last war by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.05. Publishers Applaud "Research Works Act," Bipartisan Legislation To End Government Mandates on Private-Sector Scholarly Publishing by Heather Morrison
- 2012.01.05. Testimony: academic AAP members and the Research Works Act: where do you stand? Bear witness by Peter Brantley
- 2012.01.05. Peter Suber on "New Bill to Block Open Access to Publicly-Funded Research" by Gary Price
- 2012.01.05. More Legislative Shenanigans: Research Works Act (H.R. 3699) by Meredith
- 2012.01.05. Behind the Research Works Act: Which U.S. Representatives are Receiving Cash from Reed Elsevier? by Jason Baird Jackson
- 2012.01.05. Representatives Issa (R-CA) and Maloney (D-NY) introduce anti-open access legislation by James Love
- 2012.01.05. Why does the ACM act against the interests of scholars? by Rob Simmons
- 2012.01.05. A Case of Open and Shut by Christine Ross
- 2012.01.05. Can We Sustain Open Initiatives? by Audry Watters
- 2012.01.05. Science-Journal Publishers Take Fight Against Open-Access Policies to Congress
- 2012.01.05. Breaking technology by Kevin Smith
- 2012.01.06. The Research Works Act: asking the public to pay twice for scientific knowledge by Janet Stemwedel
- 2012.01.06. Congress wants to limit open access publishing for the US government's $28B/year subsidized research by Cory Doctorow
- 2012.01.06. Research Works Act is an anti-entrepreneurial bill by Britt Holbrook
- 2012.01.06. Research Works Act by Jane Morris
- 2012.01.06. A Quick Note on the Membership of the American Association of Publishers and the Research Works Act by Gary Price
- 2012.01.06. Congress Considers Paywalling Science You Already Paid For by David Dobbs
- 2012.01.06. Calling on Publishers to Resign from The Association of American Publishers Re Anti-Open Access Stance by Jonathan Eisen
- 2012.01.06. Scientists, the White House seeks your opinion on Open Access by Björn Brembs
- 2012.01.06. Stop Making Sense (Scholarly Publishing Edition) by Maura Smale
- 2012.01.06. The Scholarly Poor could lose access to scientific research; this is serious by Peter Murray-Rust
- 2012.01.06. Academic publishers acting badly by Mita Williams
- 2012.01.06. Dear Judy Garber, President, American Association of Cancer Research, and Frank McCormick, President-Elect by Heather Morrison
- 2012.01.06. Scientists, Fight For Access! by Kevin Zelnio
- 2012.01.06. Call to action: Oppose H.R. 3699, a bill to block public access to publicly funded research by Heather Joseph and Jennifer McLennan
- 2012.01.06. SOPA and the Research Works Act: Evil master plan or do publishers think so little of us by Kendra K. Levine
- 2012.01.06. Raising the barriers: restricting access to scientific literature will hurt STEM education by Sandra Porter
- 2012.01.06. More Policy Threats to Open Archaeology by Eric Kansa
- 2012.01.06. Congress Considers Paywalling Science You Already Paid For
- 2012.01.06. Data Friday: ThreeThings for the To Do List by Abigail Goben
- 2012.01.06. Rolling Back Public Access by Research Works Act
- 2012.01.06. Proposed Bill Threatens Open Access to Taxpayer-Funded Research by Liz Klimas
- 2012.01.06. Stop U.S. legislation that would block public access to publicly funded research by Timothy Vollmer
- 2012.01.06. The Association of American Publishers endorses Research Works Act by Britt Holbrook
- 2012.01.06. What can we do? Strike. When should we do it? Now. by Library Loon
- 2012.01.06. On open access, open science and Congress primarily by Darrell Issa & Tim O'Reilly on Twitter
- 2012.01.06. Response from ACM's Scott Delman by Rob Simmons
- 2012.01.06. Why HR 3699 Sucks by Alex Golub
- 2012.01.06. Take Action: Oppose H.R. 3699, a new bill to block public access to publicly funded research by Heather Joseph
- 2012.01.06. Open Government Research--or Maybe Private Ordering by Jim Harper
- 2012.01.07. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) sell out science by Mark Hoofnagle
- 2012.01.07. Research Works Act H.R.3699: The Private Publishing Tail Trying To Wag The Public Research Dog, Yet Again by Stevan Harnad
- 2012.01.07. Threat Of Job Loss As Motivation For Research Works Act: Real Or Fear-Mongering? by Heather Piwowar
- 2012.01.07. What *Should* The Publishers Lobby For? by Heather Piwowar
- 2012.01.07. You think peer review as currently implemented suck ? Wait till it is going to be the only way to publish by Igor Carron
- 2012.01.07. Our scientific societies need to quit the Association of American Publishers by Michael Eisen
- 2012.01.07. Public Access To Publicly Funded Research Should Stay Free and Open by Katy Gillivan
- 2012.01.07. Open Access and the Research Works Act by Bryan Pendleton
- 2012.01.07. Scientific publishing: "You buy the cow, then I'll sell you the milk."
- 2012.01.07. Research Works Act by Phillipe Ha-Vinh
- 2012.01.07. Research Works Act: Latest Congressional Lie about Helping Small Business by AnnMaria De Mars
- 2012.01.07. The Research Works Act would deny taxpayers access to federally funded research by Michelle Clement
- 2012.01.07. Stay vigilant by Krista Godfrey
- 2012.01.07. Copyright and Access to Taxpayer Funded Research by Eric Widera
- 2012.01.07. Research Works Act attacks data dissemination too by Heather Piwowar
- 2012.01.07. OPEN ACCESS TO PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH: PUBLISHERS ARE ACTING UP by Tom Olijhoek
- 2012.01.07. Watch where you donate your time by Peter Suber
- 2012.01.07. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) sell out science
- 2012.01.08. Contact Your Representative in Opposition to the Research Works Act by Rachel Walden
- 2012.01.08. Open Access needs better 'Government Relations' by Björn Brembs
- 2012.01.08. Elsevier under fire from American OA advocates
- 2012.01.08. IP Contributions to Scientific Papers by Publishers: An open letter to Rep Maloney and Issa by Cameron Neylon
- 2012.01.08. Ethical responsibilities of scientists: re proposed US federal legislation on open science by Rich Jorgensen
- 2012.01.08. Bill in US Congress to limit Open Access by Michael E. Smith
- 2012.01.08. Open Access Under Threat: HR 3699 by Christina Chew
- 2012.01.08. In which the Loon is a little verklempt by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.08. Research Works Act Wants to End Public Access to Taxpayer-Funded Research by Lana Bandoim
- 2012.01.08. Public Works Act Prohibits Government Funders from Requiring Open Access to USG Grant-Funded Research by Mike Palmedo
- 2012.01.09. How US intellectual property laws affect the rest of us, and what we can do about it by Deborah Fitchett
- 2012.01.09. Call to action: Oppose H.R. 3699 the "Research Works Act" by Annamaria Gotti
- 2012.01.09. Do your bit to oppose the evil Research Works Act by Mike Taylor
- 2012.01.09. Publishers Against the Dissemination of Research by The Annoyed Librarian
- 2012.01.09. The Research Works Act would deny taxpayers access to federally funded research
- 2012.01.09. Too Big to Know and the Research Works Act by Mike Ridley
- 2012.01.09. Open Access is a business by Elizabeth Brown
- 2012.01.09. Trying to roll back the clock on Open Access: Research Works Act introduced by Corey Williams
- 2012.01.09. Librarians, Open Access Advocates 'Vehemently Oppose' Research Works Act by Michael Kelley
- 2012.01.09. Taking on the jobs argument for the RWA by Peter Suber
- 2012.01.09. Elsevier editorial boards: The Journal of Academic Librarianship by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.09. Science Publishers Do Not "Produce": The Arrogance of the AAP by Mike the Mad Biologist
- 2012.01.09. Research Works Act (H.R. 3699) Threatens Open Access to Publicly Funded Research by Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
- 2012.01.09. Bericht aus dem Open-Access-Krieg by Adrian Pohl
- 2012.01.09. Anti-Open Access Rises Again: A newly introduced bill that aims to block public access to publicly-funded research echoes similar bills that have been tried in the past by Bob Grant
- 2012.01.09. Thoughts on the Research Works Act by Marcus Banks
- 2012.01.09. Research Works Act by The Mad Librarian
- 2012.01.09. How and why two American representatives plan to make the free dissemination of scientific knowledge an illegal activity by Andrew C. Holmes
- 2012.01.09. How much does it cost to get a scientific paper?
- 2012.01.09. SOPA and the AAP: Dumb and Dumber? Publishers seek to crush open access in US Congress by Gaz
- 2012.01.09. Unfortunate: 'Open' Advocate Darrell Issa Sponsoring Bill That Will Close Off Open Access To Gov't Funded Research by Mike Masnick
- 2012.01.10. Your Action Needed to Protect Open Access! by Naty Hoffman
- 2012.01.10. The Research Works Act would deny taxpayers access to federally funded research by Politico Kattie
- 2012.01.10. Could an iTunes-like model work with scientific publishing? by Sandra Porter
- 2012.01.10. Another thought on strikes by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.10. Shoes and other feet by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.10. Research Bought, Then Paid For by Michael B. Eisen
- 2012.01.10. "Research Works Act" to legally solidify the share of federal funding for the 'scientific' contribution of publishing companies by Daniël P. Melters
- 2012.01.10. Publishers Back Bill to Ban Public Access Mandates to Federally Funded Research by Andrew Albanese
- 2012.01.10. Open Access Battles Return: Why the scientific community is absolutely up in arms this week by Shanon Fischer
- 2012.01.11. Elsevier editorial boards: Government Information Quarterly by The Library Loon
- 2012.01.11. Public Access to NIH-Funded Publications - Proposed "Research Works Act" Removes Requirement
- 2012.01.11. The Research Works Act Aims to Kill Open-Access Journals by David Banks
- 2012.01.11. Beware the Academic-Publishing Complex! by Nathan A. Schachtman
- 2012.01.11. ISCB to respond to Research Works Act (HR 3699) by Grant Jacobs
- 2012.01.11. US Research Works Act Proposal - a new approach to attack Open Access? by Sven Vlaeminck
- 2012.01.11. Open Access and the Origin of the Research University by Wayne Bivens-Tatum
- 2012.01.11. The Final Provocation
- 2012.01.11. The White House wants your thoughts on open access to scientific publications! Deadline January 12!
- 2012.01.11. The Research Works Act by Katie Ginnane
- 2012.01.11. The Advocacy of Scientists by Stephanie Zvan
- 2012.01.11. Response to RFI on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research by Heather Etchevers
- 2012.01.11. MIT Press distances itself from Research Works Act by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.11. Access to the literature: does interlibrary loan solve our problems? by Christina Pikas
- 2012.01.11. From MIT Press by Peter Suber
- 2012.01.11. Open Access Gets Some Mainstream Attention by David Bruggeman
- 2012.01.11. Bill Blocking NIH Public Access Policy Draws Fire by Jocelyn Kaiser
- 2012.01.11. Rep Darrell Issa - What Are You Thinking?!?! by The Captain
- 2012.01.11. Secrets of the Submarine Fish by Christopher McCracken
- 2012.01.12. The Concerned Librarian's Guide to the 2012 ALA Midwinter Exhibit Hall by Andy Woodworth
- 2012.01.12. DHS Monitoring Internet ... Er, So? by Bruce McQuain
- 2012.01.12. Writing on the Ether by Porter Anderson
- 2012.01.12. New Bill Would Put Taxpayer-Funded Science Behind Pay Walls by Lena Groeger
- 2012.01.12. ITHAKA becomes the second AAP member to disavow the Research Works Act by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.12. Pennsylvania State University Press says No to Research Works Act by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.12. ITHAKA Issues Public Statement Rejecting Research Works Act Legislation by Gary Price
- 2012.01.12. Research Works Act - seriously? by Michelle Greene
- 2012.01.12. Take Action for Open Access
- 2012.01.12. Research Works Act- Another Attack on Open Access
- 2012.01.12. Open knowledge saves lives. Oppose H.R. 3699! by Gilles Frydman
- 2012.01.12. Research Works Act: Outlawing Open Access
- 2012.01.12. Does the AAA Support or Oppose the Research Works Act? @AmericanAnthro by Jason Baird Jackson
- 2012.01.12. Call Your Congress Critter: The Research Works Act by drugmonkey
- 2012.01.12. CALL TO ACTION: Oppose H.R. 3699, a Bill to Block Public Access to Publicly Funded Research by Doug Newcomb
- 2012.01.13. Open access without anger by Zen Faulkes
- 2012.01.13. Open Letter to Johns Hopkins University Press, should publicly oppose the Research Works Act by Chris Maloney
- 2012.01.13. Can AAP Members stay neutral in the row over the Research Works Act? by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.13. Open Letter to OUP; request to repudiate H.R.3699 and Research Works Act by Peter Murray-Rust
- 2012.01.13. Plagiarist or Puppet? US Rep. Carolyn Maloney's reprehensible defense of Elsevier's Research Works Act by Michael Eisen
- 2012.01.13. Eisen Busts Rep Carolyn Maloney parroting Elsevier Publishing's defense of the Research Works Act by Mark Hoofnagle
- 2012.01.13. Research Works Act - H.R. 3699 by Chad Nilep
- 2012.01.13. Entering the Fray by David Loeb
- 2012.01.13. Support for AAP's support of RWA a mixture of outrage and intimidation
- 2012.01.13. Columbia Libraries Responds to White House OSTP
- 2012.01.13. University of California Press differs from AAP on Research Works Act
- 2012.01.14. Stop HR3699; The Open Access movement needs to get ACTIVE; the Scholarly Poor already do by Peter Murray-Rust
- 2012.01.14. HR3699 and SOPA restrictions hit Small businesses by Peter Murray-Rust
- 2012.01.14. Adding value to Sci...*cough* Congress (Or, You Buy the Cow, Episode 2)
- 2012.01.14. Library organizations unanimous: Oppose H.R. 3699, The Research Works Act
- 2012.01.14. On sharing research and the value of peer-review: Mendeley's response to #SOPA and the Research Works Act by William Gunn
- 2012.01.14. Congress' Intervention In Scientific Publishing by Kathryn Muratore
- 2012.01.15. Open Access featured twice on English Wikipedia homepage today by Daniel Mietchen
- 2012.01.16. Innovate, Don't Legislate by Barry Graubart
- 2012.01.16. Open access v. The Research Works Act by Pat Tully
- 2012.01.16. Copyright Alliances welcomes US bill overturning free access to publicly funded research
- 2012.01.16. Academic publishers have become the enemies of science by Mike Taylor
- 2012.01.16. From the Public Affairs Committee - January 16th 2012 by University of Chicago BSD Postdoctoral Association
- 2012.01.16. JSTOR Opens Up A Little On Public Research And Congress Wants To Close It Down A Lot by Mark Giangrande
- 2012.01.16. Elsevier = evil by PZ Myers
- 2012.01.16. Cockroaches and the Research Works Act by Timothy Birdnow
- 2012.01.17. Research Works Act: Cambridge University Press expands on its position by Richard Poynder
- 2012.01.17. The Library as Aquarium, or, The SOPA Post
- 2012.01.17. Stop The US Research Works Act by Contrarian
- 2012.01.17. Wikipedia to shut down for 24 hours by Deborah Fitchett
- 2012.01.17. Wikipedia joins internet blackout; watch out for the Research Works Act by Joshua Preston
- 2012.01.17. Taxpayer funded research by Scott D-S
It's worth watching pretty well everthing Peter Suber is writing on this issue on Google+.
Of course, if I've missed any, please let me know in the comments.
For those that are interesting, I'm using this Google Doc as a scratch file to hold links in between updates.
Update 2012.01.08: Added a bunch more today. I'll probably get around to putting all this in chronological order in the next few days.
Update 2012.01.09: Added many more, including some stragglers. Also, now in chronological order.
Update 2012.01.11: Another big update.
Update 2012.01.17. Yet another big update before leaving for Science Online. It includes a few stragglers. I probably won't get around to another update until after I return.
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I just put a post up, too.
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I just posted one too:
Threat Of Job Loss As Motivation For Research Works Act: Real Or Fear-Mongering?
It includes some back-of-the-envelope analysis.
Thanks for putting all these in one place. I just put up a post to:
http://www.geripal.org/2012/01/copyright-and-access-to-taxpayer-funded…
Thanks for this great list!
I wrote another post, explaining that #rwa restricts data dissemination (even for data that isn't copyrightable):
http://researchremix.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/rwa-data/
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Thanks for collecting these all in one place, John, this list is great!
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Thanks, I'll add for my next update.
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http://www.anticancer.org.uk/2012/01/no-to-us-research-works-act.html
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Research Works Act: Latest Congressional Lie about Helping Small Business by AnnMaria De Mars
I couldn't agree more.
Who wouldn't object to paying again for the same resources they've already paid for once, just because some lobbyists for large corporations lined Issaâs and Maloneyâs pockets!
Lobbyists make me sick and I really want to b1tch-slap those cretins. Small businesses are really struggling and this is the last thing we need!