for him to call me with a date and time. I am waiting for Reller's call! (The call came, and the interview with Alicia Wise is now available here ). 3 comments: Anonymous said... To much hype over this bill. It does not threaten open access journals, only protects the copyright of closed access ones. Want government funded research to be freely available, publish on open access journals, simple. Elsevier will fade or transform as a result, no legislation needed. Are any of these publishers on the side of "providing universal access to high-quality scientific information in sustainable ways"? I doubt it. They need money, which they get from subscribers, who pay it because they can't get access to the article any other way. If everything were available on open-access repositories, publishing houses would get profits closer to what the local Kinko's gets from publishing course packs. Scientists want this, publishers don't, and conflict is inevitable. I don't think "engaging in public discussion" is going to change this. Elsevier seem to be using a lot of bolierplate text in their communications. Interesting to see that Elsevier are extracting a fee for deposition in UKPMC. A group of us asked Alicia for an exchange on Elsevier and HINARI a year ago and are still waiting.