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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size:
10pt;">In
a recent </span></i><a
href="http://cdn.anonfiles.com/1334923359479.pdf"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size:
10pt;">investment report</span></i></a><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size:
10pt;">, analyst </span></i><a
href="http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/scholarly-publishing-where-is-plan-b.html"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size:
10pt;">Claudio Aspesi</span></i></a><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family:
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concluded that a new front had opened up in the Open Access (</span></i><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size:
10pt;">OA</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet
MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">) debate.
Writing in April, Aspesi noted that academics
are “increasingly protesting the limitations to the usage of
the information
and data contained in the articles published through
subscription models, and —
in particular — to the practice of text mining articles.”
Aspesi is right, and
a central figure in this battleground is University of
Cambridge chemist </span></i><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Murray-Rust"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size:
10pt;">Peter
Murray-Rust</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet
MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">. A
long-time
advocate for open data, Murray-Rust is now spearheading an
initiative to draft a
“</span></i><a
href="http://blog.okfn.org/2012/06/01/the-right-to-read-is-the-right-to-mine/"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size:
10pt;">Content Mining Declaration</span></i></a><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size:
10pt;">”. What is the background to this?</span></i></div>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/new-declaration-of-rights-open-content.html">http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/new-declaration-of-rights-open-content.html</a><br>
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