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In all the uproar over SOPA/PIPA, we're forgetting this shit about taxpayer-funded research results

glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
edited 2012-01-18 23:50:13 in Politics
Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=807


This is research funded by our tax dollars.  We deserve the right to see its results.

Comments

  • Wicked223Wicked223
    We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, For the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year

    Okay, first reaction: academic publishing cartels?


    jesus, is there any industry that doesn't eventualyl devolve into shadowy monopolies trying to control it?

  • HatterHatter
    Glaives are better.

    That's why you always need some moderation. Some. Just enough to maintain a free market.

  • InsanityAddictInsanityAddict
    Diet NEET

    More people need to pirate academic literature so that I can cite it from home instead of having to shack up in the uni library.


    Also, funny to see corporations from our marshland trying to influence American policy.

  • ZennistradZennistrad

    Huh, okay, this is bad. Unfortunately, while a great many people care about having their internet not be ruined, not very many people care about academic research journals.

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    We need more peer-reviewed papers about lolcats.

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