Elsevier, which has faced enormous online protests over its support for the Research Works Act, has withdrawn its support for the U.S. bill.
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The Academic Spring
The Economist reports on the growing boycott of Elsevier by thousands of academics over open access issues.
Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics
Over 2,000 academics have joined a boycott against Elsevier Publishing, one of the world’s largest academic publishers, over its support of an anti-open access bill.
Copyright and Open Access at the Bedside
The New England Journal of Medicine features an article on copyright overreach as a cognitive screening test faces copyright infringement claims and a longstanding test disappears from textbooks, websites, and clinical tool kits.
Statscan To Make All Online Data Free
Big news on the open government front where Embassy is reporting that Statistics Canada will make all of its online data free starting early next year.