Today, the Committee on International Development of the European Parliament held a vote on the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement and recommended its rejection by a large majority. The committee believed that passage of the agreement would negatively affect the health of…
The California Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill (SB 1053) that would create an digital library of openly available textbooks, and would allow students to buy hard copies for $20. The textbooks will be published under creative commons licenses, allowing faculty…
The online petition urging President Obama “to act now to implement open access policies for all federal agencies that fund scientific research” has generated over 25,000 signatures. All petitions posted to the administration’s “We the People” petition site that generate…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Open Access Petition Reaches 25,000 Signatures The online petition urging President Obama “to act now to implement open access policies for all federal agencies that fund scientific research” has generated over 25,000…