[GOAL] Re: [sparc-oaforum] Anticipated new journal, eLife, publishes first articles

2012-10-15 Thread William Gunn
Marc, that's been their standard line since I first heard of them, about a year ago. What part of it do you find interesting? William Gunn +1 646 755 9862 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/about/ Support free access to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research:

[GOAL] Re: op-ed on Research Works Act in today's NYT

2012-01-17 Thread William Gunn
The best place for petition-signing is probably Popvox. They (supposedly) provide summary reports directly to legislative offices. https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/112/hr3699/report William Gunn +1 646 755 9862 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/about/ On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Peter

[GOAL] Re: A case for strong fair use / fair dealing with restrictive licenses

2015-04-26 Thread William Gunn
Thanks for sharing your well - thought position, Heather. My background is science, where the arguments for CC-BY are clear (legal uncertainty inhibits reuse), but I don't profess to know the dynamics of communication studies. In your example of a film still, why would it be ok to use in the first

[GOAL] Re: A case for strong fair use / fair dealing with restrictive licenses

2015-04-28 Thread William Gunn
On Apr 26, 2015 2:08 PM, "Heather Morrison" wrote: > > There are arguments against CC-BY as a default that apply across all disciplines. The most important is the potential for downstream enclosure... A broad-based CC-BY success of the open access movement could easily and quickly revert to toll a

[GOAL] Re: Elsevier: Trying to squeeze the virtual genie back into the physical bottle

2015-05-26 Thread William Gunn
at libraries don't buy subscriptions a la carte, but as bundles? We need data! William Gunn +1 (650) 614-1749 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/about/ On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Éric Archambault < eric.archamba...@science-metrix.com> wrote: > Stevan > > > > The poi

[GOAL] Re: New - Brazilian Portal of Scientific Publications in Open Access (oasisbr)

2015-07-22 Thread William Gunn
Hi Bianca, Can you explain how this project relates to SciELO? Best, William Gunn +1 (650) 614-1749 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/about/ On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 10:22 PM, wrote: > > (sorry for cross-posting) > > Colleagues, > > > It is with great pleasure that I divu

[GOAL] Re: A new high level peered review journal at nearly zero cost by Tim Gowers

2015-10-01 Thread William Gunn
I'm watching this experiment with interest, but I will note that their use of the Scholastica service means the prices could go up at any time. On Oct 1, 2015 1:44 PM, "Y.Nobis" wrote: > hi Dana. > > I doubt it, unless you can motivate HEP people to buy into the concept... > > Yvonne > >A great i

[GOAL] Re: EU considering link taxing and blocking

2015-11-18 Thread William Gunn
Graham, I'm having a hard time seeing how regulating aggregation of content or links to content makes text and data mining easier. Seems like it would be harder, and especially if any publication of results becomes infringing. On Nov 18, 2015 3:39 AM, "Graham Triggs" wrote: > The EU is not consid

[GOAL] Re: EU considering link taxing and blocking

2015-11-19 Thread William Gunn
I guess I'm just suspicious of any copyright framework advanced right now, even if it does throw a bone to something I favor. Any good commentary on the legislation as a whole? William Gunn +1 (650) 614-1749 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/about/ On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Graham T

Re: [GOAL] Prophylactic Against Elsevier Predation

2016-05-19 Thread William Gunn
here. William Gunn +1 (650) 614-1749 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/about/ On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Eric F. Van de Velde < eric.f.vandeve...@gmail.com> wrote: > Eric Archambault: > This is quite impressive and potentially very helpful. > > Stevan: > We started wit

Re: [GOAL] Prophylactic Against Elsevier Predation

2016-05-19 Thread William Gunn
My point is that there need to be more potential acquirers than Elsevier, Springer, or Wiley, but it's certainly true that as acquisitions go up, the capital pouring into the space goes up. William Gunn +1 (650) 614-1749 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/about/ On May 19, 2016 1:47 PM, "

Re: [GOAL] Re : Re: SSRN Sellout to Elsevier

2016-05-20 Thread William Gunn
k our community of users. This shows to me the value of a healthy ecosystem of apps and why commercial players shouldn't be feared in the services space - if Mendeley starts doing bad stuff, people will go use Zotero or Papers or whatever other tool they like. Different economics entirely from se

Re: [GOAL] BLOG: Press embargoes – a threat from the shadows

2016-05-20 Thread William Gunn
of concern? William Gunn +1 (650) 614-1749 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/about/ On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 5:19 AM, Florence Piron < florence.pi...@scienceetbiencommun.org> wrote: > You could tell these researchers : > > - That ambition and competition are not the only values in life >

Re: [GOAL] [open-science] Services owned / operated by Elsevier

2017-04-26 Thread William Gunn
healthcare education - Simulations <http://elsevieradvantage.com/simulations> - Virtual learning environments for nursing and medical offices - SimChart <http://elsevieradvantage.com/simchart> - SimChart for the Medical Office <http://elsevieradvantage.com/scmo> - S

Re: [GOAL] DOAJ stability issues

2018-08-10 Thread William Gunn
Apologies if I'm telling you something you already know, but CloudFlare are experts in defending sites from this sort of thing & have been known to offer their services pro bono for good causes. William Gunn +1 (650) 614-1749 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/about/ On Fri, Aug 10, 2018

Re: [GOAL] Who is leading the global charge for open access?

2019-07-18 Thread William Gunn
Indeed, our friends in the Global South have been quietly getting in with it for some years & we could learn a few things from them. About your comment "the commercial elements of our industry continue to cause unprecedented damage to our research and our society", though... PeerJ is a commercial