[time-nuts] [OT] Paywall Rant (was Re: Spoofing GPS)

J. Forster jfor at quikus.com
Thu Jun 28 12:22:22 UTC 2012


FYI, MIT got anal about IP policy in the early 1970s, demanding a transfer
of all IP rights to the Institute for everything everyone did.

I quit and went into the Consulting business (and wound up getting paid a
LOT more for the same work).

There is a fundamental conflict between the IP rights of sponsors and the
open flow of information...  even more so if you include international IP
theft.

Essentially today, if you work for somebody, they own you.

YMMV,

-John

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>
>> Link is here:
>> http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/34912
>
> Thanks.
>
> Off list, Jim Lux sent me the IEEE web stuff on their policy.  It
> basically
> says you can post the final authors (peer reviewed) copy (with pointers to
> their stuff) but not the actual published IEEE version.
>
> There is lots of interesting paywall info at the MIT DSpace site:
> (time sink warning)
>
> Faculty Open Access Policy (unanimous vote, 2009):
> http://tinyurl.com/cexpyph
> http://libraries.mit.edu/sites/scholarly/mit-open-access/open-access-at-mit/mi
> t-open-access-policy/
>
>   The Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is committed
>   to disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as
>   possible. In keeping with that commitment, the Faculty adopts the
> following
>   policy: Each Faculty member grants to the Massachusetts Institute of
>   Technology nonexclusive permission to make available his or her
> scholarly
>   articles and to exercise the copyright in those articles for the purpose
> of
> open
>   dissemination. In legal terms (blah, blah, blah...)
>
>
> MIT's web page, mostly on NIH Policy:
> http://tinyurl.com/c89p77q
> http://libraries.mit.edu/sites/scholarly/mit-open-access/open-access-at-mit/ni
> h-policy/
>   NIH requires free access (PubMed) to work they fund but gives journals
> the
> first 12 months.
>
> MIT Amendment Form:
> http://tinyurl.com/7gbonnm
> http://libraries.mit.edu/sites/scholarly/mit-open-access/open-access-at-mit/mi
> t-amendment-form/
> (It explicitly mentions NIH, but looks like it covers others.  I'm not a
> lawyer etc.)
>
> Here is an interesting list of organizations that are cooperating with
> MIT:
> http://tinyurl.com/7drchms
> http://libraries.mit.edu/sites/scholarly/mit-open-access/open-access-at-mit/mit-open-access-policy/publishers-and-the-mit-faculty-open-access-policy/
>
> That says:
>   IEEE	Discussions incomplete, but appears to be in full cooperation.
> Policy changed in January 2011, so that posting of the final published
> version is no longer allowed. Details at the IEEE website.
>
> Interesting.  The ACM doesn't even have a slot on that page.  (Or I
> couldn't find it.)
>
>
> There is an interesting concept of opt-out.  I think the idea is that the
> authors could (easily?) get permission from MIT to opt-out of their
> required free-access policy in order to get published in a fancy journal.
>
> MIT Faculty Open Access Policy FAQ  (which includes a lot of opt-out info)
> http://tinyurl.com/7nhkcuh
> http://libraries.mit.edu/sites/scholarly/mit-open-access/open-access-at-mit/mit-open-access-policy/mit-faculty-open-access-policy-faq/#optout
>
>
> I think it will be interesting to look back at this mess in 10 or 20 (or
> 50) years.
>
>
> --
> These are my opinions.  I hate spam.
>
>
>
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