Perhaps this afternoon I will share my thoughts about this. Needless to say, major publishers are under the gun these days and they have to come up with new gimmicks.
Chuck0
"Stroshane, Timothy" wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: richard at sclove.org
> To: fastnet
> Sent: 12/7/00 5:52 PM
> Subject: Fw: Deal on publishing genome paper criticised
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> ---- Original Message -----
> From: Ian Pitchford <ian.pitchford at scientist.com>
> To: <radical-science at egroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 11:33 AM
> Subject: [radical-science] Deal on publishing genome paper criticised
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> > December 7, 2000
> >
> > DEAL ON PUBLISHING GENOME PAPER CRITICIZED
> > from The Los Angeles Times
> >
> > WASHINGTON--The prestigious journal Science is on the verge of
> striking an
> > unusual bargain: In return for the right to publish a path-breaking
> paper
> on
> > the human genetic code, it would allow the paper's biotech company
> authors
> > to make their supporting data accessible only to those who promise not
> to
> > use them for commercial or certain other purposes.
> >
> > To its critics, the agreement appears at odds with science's long-held
> view
> > that the free exchange of ideas is the best route to discovery and the
> > advancement of knowledge.
> >
> > The critics also charge that the deal would amount to a deep new
> incursion
> > of the profit motive into scientific enterprise. They say it would
> collide
> > with Science magazine's own policy that results be publicly available
> for
> > use, and also with public promises by the authors' company, Celera
> Genomics
> > of Rockville, Md., to provide the material to the scientific community
> with
> > no restrictions other than a ban on copying the data and reselling it.
> >
> > Full text:
> > http://www.latimes.com/news/science/science/20001207/t000117097.html
> >
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