This has just been published
-see http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0005/13005.p
df. Â Clause 6 gives special protection against defamation actions to peer
reviewed scholarly articles (the first time peer review has figured in a piece
of legislation??). This is something that scholarly publishers will no doubt
pick up on as an argument against unrefereed green OA.
Charles
Professor Charles Oppenheim
[ Part 2: "Attached Text" ]
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