From: Anthony Watkinson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:00:05 +0100 Richard I wonder how you know that Aspesi is right. It seems a daring assertion. Much as I admire Peter M-R, I do not see him as representative of the views of the large chemistry community to which he belongs. I wonder if the RSC or the ACS have any evidence on this point. Anthony On 10 Jun 2012, at 23:50, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Richard Poynder <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 19:41:18 +0100 > > In a recent investment report, analyst Claudio Aspesi concluded that a > new front had opened up in the Open Access (OA) debate. Writing in > April, Aspesi noted that academics are “increasingly protesting the > limitations to the usage of the information and data contained in the > articles published through subscription models, and — in particular — > to the practice of text mining articles.” Aspesi is right, and a > central figure in this battleground is University of Cambridge chemist > Peter Murray-Rust. A long-time advocate for open data, Murray-Rust is > now spearheading an initiative to draft a “Content Mining > Declaration”. What is the background to this? > > http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/new-declaration-of-rights-open-content.html