Tags: Open access commons
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Eric Holder Makes it Clear DOJ’s Culture — Not the Prosecutor — Is the Problem in Swartz Case
Does not think piling on of federal charges in order to scare out a plea deal is an issue
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DOJ Admits Wanting to Jail Aaron Swartz to Save Face
Had to justify bringing up federal charges for essentially breaking into a closet
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White House Responds (Finally) to Research Access Petition with a Yes
Administration will support making taxpayer-funded academic papers available to everybody a year after publication
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Sen. Cornyn Sends Critical Letter to Holder About Swartz Case
Not happy about zealous prosecution
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Rep. Issa to Probe Federal Prosecution of Swartz
Could be an interesting example of positive bipartisanship
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Aaron Swartz, the Feds, and Proportionate Responses to Illegal Downloading
How should the federal government have handled Swartz's behavior?
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Reddit Co-Founder, Open Info Activist Bullied by DOJ Commits Suicide
Faced federal charges for downloading academic journal records at MIT
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Reason Writers Around Town: The Yale Forum on Climate Change Interviews Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey
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Rio +20 Earth Summit: The End of International Environmentalism
Watching green ideology crash and burn
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Is Access to Government-Funded Research a Right?
When the government funds academic research but publishers pay for editing and peer review, who gets to call the shots?
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Postenvironmentalism and Technological Abundance
A review of Love Your Monsters, a collection of essays on a new kind of environmentalism.
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Sea Turtle Tastes Like Veal
Can eating endangered species help save them?