From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:29:12 -0700

Why is NIH-funded research subsidizing the researcher in
Singapore--or, for that matter, in the UK?  What American taxpayers
are benefiting in Zimbabwe or Peru?

You are wholly misunderstanding my point.  I am suggesting that the
universities themselves publish the material--and profit from it.  I
am not suggesting that the economic benefits be turned over to
commercial organizations.

Joe Esposito


On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 7:04 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:58:54 +0100
>
> Joe
>
> Research university X already gives away its intellectual property and
> then spends much more than non-research universities in buying access
> to the intellectual property of other research universities.  Where's
> the strategic thinking there?
>
> And of course, a lot of the research done isn't paid for by the
> universities themselves - it's paid for by research funders such as
> NIH in the US and the Research Councils in the UK.  For the NIH to
> ensure that NIH-funded researcher in University N has access to
> research outputs generated by NIH-funded researcher at University M
> looks to me the epitome of strategic thinking.
>
> David
>
>
>
> On 23 Jun 2012, at 04:00, LIBLICENSE wrote:
>
> > From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:31:12 -0700
> >
> > It's really troubling to see all these discussions taking place as
> > though the only thing that matters is short-term cost and revenue
> > projections.  Does everyone really think the world does not change
> > from time to time?  It is simply not in a research university's
> > interest to support OA, green, gold, or any other flavor.  Most
> > research is produced at a small number of institutions; OA is in the
> > interest of organizations (most colleges and universities, the
> > corporate sector, and government and NGOs) that don't produce the
> > research.  There is a total absence of strategic thinking here.
> >
> > So what's the scenario?  Major research university X gives away its
> > intellectual property and then cuts faculty for lack of funding.
> > Ridiculous.
> >
> > Joe Esposito