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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Copyright is only assigned to the
publisher after the contract has been made with the funder, so the correct order
of events is:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Researcher
receives funding from NIH<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As
part of funding conditions researcher agrees to deposit any resulting paper<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Researcher
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publisher allows deposit<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Any
transfer of copyright (or license) has to therefore include the right of
the author to deposit their paper (as per the researcher’s original
agreement with NIH).<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So, there is no conflict with copyright.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>David C Prosser PhD</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tel: +44
(0) 1865 277 614</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Web: </span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk
[mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Allen Kleiman<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 13 March 2009 07:49<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [BOAI] Re: First <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Public
Access Policy Made Permanent<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Importance:</span></b> High</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>That's not the point! It seems that under
the existing copyright laws this new provision for NIH sponsered publications
is subject to interpretation.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Iryna Kuchma<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 12, 2009
4:22 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [BOAI] Re: First <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Public
Access Policy Made Permanent</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>And did you try the SPARC
Author Addendum to secure your rights as the author of a journal article and to
modify the publisher’s agreement to keep key rights?<br>
<br>
With best wishes,<br>
Iryna Kuchma<br>
eIFL Open Access program manager<br>
eIFL.net<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>2009/3/12, Allen Kleiman <<a
href="mailto:allenk@panix.com">allenk@panix.com</a>>:</span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It seems to me that this
statement:<br>
"...Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a<br>
<br>
manner consistent with copyright law."<br>
<br>
<br>
Softens the whole message as copyright is assigned to the publisher; at<br>
least in the peer reviewed journal I publish in!<br>
<br>
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[mailto:<a href="mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk">boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>]
On Behalf Of Iryna Kuchma<br>
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:01 PM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk">boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a><br>
Subject: [BOAI] First <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Public Access Policy Made Permanent<br>
<br>
[Forwarding from SPARC Open Access Forum]<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
For immediate release<br>
March 12, 2009<br>
<br>
Contact:<br>
Jennifer McLennan<br>
jennifer [at] arl [dot] org<br>
(202) 296-2296 ext. 121<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
first <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">u.s.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
public access policy made permanent<br>
<br>
2009 Consolidated Appropriations Act ensures NIH public access policy will<br>
persist<br>
<br>
Washington, D.C. – March 12, 2009 – President Obama yesterday
signed into<br>
law the 2009 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes a provision<br>
making the National Institutes’ of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy<br>
permanent. The NIH Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access
requires<br>
eligible NIH-funded researchers to deposit electronic copies of their<br>
peer-reviewed manuscripts into the National Library of Medicine’s online<br>
archive, PubMed Central (PMC). Full texts of the articles are made publicly<br>
available and searchable online in PMC no later than 12 months after<br>
publication in a journal.<br>
<br>
The NIH policy was previously implemented with a provision that was subject<br>
to annual renewal. Since the implementation of the revised policy the<br>
percentage of eligible manuscripts deposited into PMC has increased<br>
significantly, with over 3,000 new manuscripts being deposited each month.<br>
The PubMed Central database is a part of a valuable set of public database<br>
resources at the NIH, which are accessed by more than 2 million users each<br>
day.<br>
<br>
The new provision reads in full:<br>
<br>
The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require in the<br>
current fiscal year and thereafter that all investigators funded by the NIH<br>
submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine's<br>
PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed<br>
manuscripts upon acceptance for publication to be made publicly available no<br>
later than 12 months after the official date of<br>
publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy<br>
in a manner consistent with copyright law.<br>
<br>
“This is a significant moment for all of us in the health
community, and<br>
for efforts in health reform. With free access to health research,<br>
individuals are empowered with the knowledge necessary to understand the<br>
health threats they and their families face,” said Sharon Terry,
President<br>
and CEO of Genetic <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alliance</st1:place></st1:City>.
“Congress recognizes the incredible power of<br>
technology and innovation in enabling new solutions for the proactive<br>
management of health, consumer-driven healthcare, and novel partnerships and<br>
collaborations in research. Congratulations to us all.”<br>
<br>
The NIH Public Access Policy addresses the public’s growing need for<br>
high-quality health information and promotes accelerated scientific<br>
advancement in the biomedical sciences.<br>
<br>
"Public access to publicly funded research contributes directly to the<br>
mission of higher education,” said David Shulenburger, Vice President for<br>
Academic Affairs at NASULGC (the National Association of State Universities<br>
and Land-Grant Colleges). “Improved access will enable universities to<br>
maximize their own investment in research, and widen the potential for<br>
discovery as the results are more readily available for others to build<br>
upon.”<br>
<br>
Heather Joseph, spokesperson for the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alliance</st1:place></st1:City>
for Taxpayer Access noted,<br>
“Thanks to the work of a wide coalition of patients, libraries,
researchers,<br>
publishers, students, and taxpayers, the results of NIH-funded research can<br>
be accessed – and used - in ways never before possible. The
successful<br>
implementation of this policy will unlock the potential of this research to<br>
benefit the public as a whole. ”<br>
<br>
For more information, and a timeline detailing the evolution of the NIH<br>
Public Access Policy beginning May 2004, visit the ATA Web site at<br>
<a href="http://www.taxpayeraccess.org">http://www.taxpayeraccess.org</a>.<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
The <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alliance</st1:place></st1:City>
for Taxpayer Access is a coalition of patient, academic,<br>
research, and publishing organizations that supports open public access to<br>
the results of federally funded research. The <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:place></st1:City> was formed in 2004 to<br>
urge that peer-reviewed articles stemming from taxpayer-funded research<br>
become fully accessible and available online at no extra cost to the<br>
American public. Details on the ATA may be found at<br>
<a href="http://www.taxpayeraccess.org">http://www.taxpayeraccess.org</a>.<br>
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