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Michael Eisen No celebrations here: Why the White House public-access policy sucks

Michael Eisen, Associate Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology | 2/26/13 | 3 comments

I am taking a lot of flak from my friends in the open access community about my sour response to the White House’s statement on public access to papers arising from federally-funded scientific research.

While virtually everyone in the open access movement is calling for “celebration” of this “landmark” event, I … More >

Michael Eisen How academia betrayed and continues to betray Aaron Swartz

Michael Eisen, Associate Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology | 1/25/13 | 11 comments

As news spread last week that digital rights activist Aaron Swartz had killed himself ahead of a federal trial on charges that he illegally downloaded a large database of scholarly articles with the intent to freely disseminate its contents, thousands of academics began posting free copies of their work online, … More >

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