H.R.801 - Fair Copyright in Research Works Act Sponsor: John Conyers / 111th Congress

Title
111th Congress - To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to works connected to certain funding agreements.
Summary
HR 801 is a bill attempting to reverse the Public Access Policy of the National Institutes of Health that allows NIH to make freely available online peer-reviewed manuscripts within 12 months of their publication. (by MAPLight.org)
Status
The bill has been introduced.

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Who does HR 801 really help? Public Access vs. Market Research by Audra Caravas, Feb 16, 2009 (10:11pm)

HR 801 the Fair Copyright and Research Act of 2009 introduced by John Conyers, limits public access to peer-reviewed journal articles and research manuscripts. It undermines the public access appropriation that NIH received last year which increased the transparency and accessibility of manuscripts from 19%-60%. Those that support this bill suggest that it undermines the market and integrity of their research; whereas those that oppose it believe that if tax-payers are paying $29 billion for the research to be conducted, that they then should have access to it.

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