The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (HR6845) was recently introduced. The bill includes a proposal to prohibit federal agencies from requiring a transfer of copyright for a work generated by federal funds. Related Readings: Alliance for Taxpayer Access ARL/ALA/SPARC Memo Copyright Alliance Hearing on the Fair Copyright Research Act, held on 11 September 2008 (video) [...]
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Interesting and thought provoking publication by Edward Lee on user-generated content/Web 2.0 tools and implications for copyright. As noted in the abstract: “The most significant copyright development of the twenty first century has not arisen through any law enacted by Congress or opinion rendered by the Supreme Court. Instead, it has come from the unorganized, informal practices [...]
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The World Intellectual Property Organization recently issued a guide titled “Understanding Copyright and Related Rights.” The guide is intended to “provide an introduction for non-specialists or newcomers to the subject of copyright and related rights.”
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NIH is holding a public meeting (agenda) on 20 March in order to seek public comments regarding implementation of the revised NIH Public Access Policy. Request for Comments: The purpose of the Thursday, March 20, 2008 meeting is to seek comment from the public on implementation of the NIH Public Access Policy. The meeting is open [...]
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The Endocrine Society recently announced a new policy for authors who publish in their journals which include Endocrinology, Endocrine Reviews, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) and Molecular Endocrinology. The Endrocine Society will deposit the final copyedited version of all accepted NIH-funded manuscripts to PubMed Central on behalf of authors within 12 months of publication [...]
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There is a wide range of rights that authors can opt to retain or those granted to authors by publishers. Some of these rights include: • use part of the work as a basis for a future publication • send copies of the work to colleagues • comply with the NIH Public Access Policy or [...]
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NIH publishes a newsletter, Nexus, that contains information for extramural investigators. The January 2008 issue of Nexus contains two sections of interest to investigators who want to learn more about the revised NIH Public Access Policy. NIH Issues New Public Access Policy What the New Public Access Requirement Means to the NIH-Supported Investigator Investigators who [...]
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NIH recently released new guidelines related to the revised NIH Public Access Policy. According to the NIH FAQs the revised NIH policy applies if your peer-reviewed article is based on work in one or more of the following categories: 1. Directly funded by an NIH grant or cooperative agreement active in Fiscal Year 2008 (October [...]
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The revised guidelines for the NIH Public Access Policy (NOT-OD-08-033) are now available: Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research. Compliance with this Policy is a statutory requirement and a term and condition of the grant award and cooperative agreement, in accordance with the NIH Grants Policy Stat ement [...]
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There has been a great deal of confusion with the NIH Public Access Policy since the Appropriations Bill was signed in December 2007. The bill included language changing the current voluntary NIH Public Access Policy to mandatory. This language is a legislative mandate for NIH to develop guidelines to implement the new policy. NIH is [...]
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