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Comment Re:It's _not_ crippled by technical flaws. (Score 5, Funny) 324

by samweber on Tuesday August 26, 2008 @12:35PM (#24750187) Attached to: Terror Watchlist "Crippled By Technical Flaws"

But hey, it's not that bad! After all, since all terrorists use their real names when flying, it is sure to catch them all.

Ever wonder why no suicide bomber has been able to strike twice? It's because of the no-fly-list, I tell you!

Scientist Must Pay to Read His Own Paper 289

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday September 04, 2007 @12:00PM from the who-own-paper-town dept.

Glyn Moody writes "Peter Murray Rust, a chemist at Cambridge University, was lost for words when he found Oxford University Press's website demanded $48 from him to access his own scientific paper, in which he holds copyright and which he released under a Creative Commons license. As he writes, the journal in question was "selling my intellectual property, without my permission, against the terms of the license (no commercial use)." In the light of this kind of copyright abuse and of the PRISM Coalition, a new FUD group set up by scientific publishers to discredit open access, isn't it time to say enough is enough, and demand free access to the research we pay for through our taxes?"

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