Link Open knowledge saves lives. Oppose H.R. 3699! via @gfry

If you care about digital rights and oppose SOPA and PIPA, read on.  Current U.S. law supports National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research being freely available to the public.  Academic journals are trying to change the law to restrict access to research that may affect your health.

     Both as a doctor and as a patient, I want to have access to medical research funded by the government. Read this article.  And here’s another excellent recent piece:

Academic publishers have become the enemies of science.

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