Comments on: Putting the nix on open access? (more about why HR 3699 sucks)

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Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:14:18 +0000

[…] SOPA), Jason Antrosio at Anthropology Report has kindly cited my comment on Ryan Anderson’s Savage Minds post on these themes. Under my own by-line, here is what I said in response to Ryan’s post. […]

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Anthropology and Open Access - 11 January 2012 | Anthropology Report — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:43:19 +0000

[…] Putting the nix on open access? (more about why HR 3699 sucks), Ryan Anderson Important round up of links, thoughts, and call for comments. Don’t miss this one from Jason Baird Jackson: It is crucial that faculty and graduate students are part of the push back (against SOPA and HR 3699) for a number of reasons. One of which is that we need, in doing so, to give the librarians a morale boost. They have been fighting for us on this front for decades with too few of us knowing or caring about it. They have been getting tired, really tired. The way that, on this one, faculty and graduate students have been unusually vocal, has been encouraging to them. We need their help. Keep it up. Savage Minds, 11 January 2012 […]

By: Jason Baird Jackson

Jason Baird Jackson — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:45:14 +0000

It is crucial that faculty and graduate students are part of the push back (against SOPA and HR 3699) for a number of reasons. One of which is that we need, in doing so, to give the librarians a morale boost. They have been fighting for us on this front for decades with too few of us knowing or caring about it. They have been getting tired, really tired. The way that, on this one, faculty and graduate students have been unusually vocal, has been encouraging to them. We need their help. Keep it up.

By: Terence

Terence — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:27:35 +0000

Thanks for sharing your insight with us.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:48:13 +0000

One more Rex reference (from the end of his post):

“It’s not clear to me that HR3699 will get very far in the legislative process but the sooner we academics start pushing back against craziness like this the better, especially given the conflict about SOPA that is on the horizon.”

Yep.