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[Cc-nz] FASTR Introduced in US Congress

From: Matt McGregor <Matt.McGregor AT royalsociety.org.nz>
To: 'Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion' <cc-nz AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [Cc-nz] FASTR Introduced in US Congress
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:41:15 +0000

Hi all,

Timothy Vollmer from CC HQ has written about the bipartisan introduction of FASTR legislation to the US Congress, mandating Open Access to publicly funded research. This being the US, this amounts to $60 billion of funding for basic and applied research.

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/36699

And more information here: http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/news/FASTR_calltoaction.shtml

I’d be interested if anyone has any insights into the likelihood of this getting through.

Cheers,
Matt

Matt McGregor Creative Commons
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[Cc-nz] FASTR Introduced in US Congress, Matt McGregor, 02/14/2013