Government to supress academic research
Dave | 18.02.2002 23:55
...that will allow the government to censor or even block publication of academic research.
I don't know the details but one can imagine the kind of research the government might have an interest in supressing.
Eg research on the adverse effects of using GM crops, research on the harmful economic effects of globalisation, research on any link between MMR and autism, research on CJD, etc.
There's going to be an article written about this in The Cambridge Student soon. I'll publish it when it appears.
Look out for this news on this in the papers, it should be in the Observer or somewhere.
I don't know the details but one can imagine the kind of research the government might have an interest in supressing.
Eg research on the adverse effects of using GM crops, research on the harmful economic effects of globalisation, research on any link between MMR and autism, research on CJD, etc.
There's going to be an article written about this in The Cambridge Student soon. I'll publish it when it appears.
Look out for this news on this in the papers, it should be in the Observer or somewhere.
Dave
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19.02.2002 11:17
Check this link for the lowdown:
The Independent ran their frontpage story on it yesterday - I was like 'Wow!'.
Info on this was posted last week to IMC, see:
EXPORT CONTROL BILL targets software, encryption etc
by we love NTK 12:31pm Tue Feb 12 '02
Cambridge cryptomancer ROSS ANDERSON continues to be citizen-most-likely-to-be-classed-a-munition, as he blows the (and his) lid off a classy new bit of UK legislation.
- a frontline tech report...
-which includes info on the event this saturday:
Not to be left out, the EU of course has its own answer to the USA's ever-popular Digital Millennium Copyright Act - THE EUROPEAN UNION COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE. The former-Free-Sklyarov guys (now called "the Campaign for Digital Rights") are currently gathering a fellowship of dissenters to try and toss some of its more extreme sanctions back into Mount Doom, and are holding their first public planning meeting in Cambridge in a couple of weeks' time (Sat 2002-02-23).
See:
- the independent frontpage article is at:
18 February 2002
New laws to suppress academic research
By Charles Arthur Technology Editor
Laws being introduced by the Government would give it the power to see academic papers before they are published and suppress them. It could also prevent the use of e-mails between foreign colleagues.
- They also follow up today:
19 February 2002
Academics will oppose Bill that 'curbs freedom'
By Charles Arthur Technology Editor
British universities will demand changes to the Government's new Export Control Bill so they can assure explicit protection for academic freedom.
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