Around the Web: Some posts on The Research Works Act (Now chronological!)

Note: this post is superseded by: Around the Web: Research Works Act, Elsevier boycott & FRPAA.

Following on my post from yesterday on Scholarly Societies: It's time to abandon the AAP over The Research Works Act, I thought I'd gather together some of the recent posts on the issue.

The Wikipedia article is here, full text of the bill here and status here.

• 2012.01.04. New US Publisher Anti-OA Legislation by Cable Green
• 2012.01.04. A Threat to Open Access: the Research Works Act by Lisa Federer
• 2012.01.05. Update on publishers and SOPA: Time for scholarly publishers to disavow the AAP by Cameron Neylon
• 2012.01.05Elsevier-funded NY Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Wants to Deny Americans Access to Taxpayer Funded Research by Michael Eisen
• 2012.01.05. Dear Representatives Issa and Maloney - Are you kidding me? Stop this bill now #ClosedAccess by Jonathan Eisen
• 2012.01.05. Oppose H.R. 3699: To ensure the continued publication and integrity of peer-reviewed research works by the private sector. by Tim O'Reilly
• 2012.01.05. Why Is Open-Internet Champion Darrell Issa Supporting an Attack on Open Science? by Rebecca J. Rosen
• 2012.01.05. Research Works Act: fighting the last war by The Library Loon
• 2012.01.05. Publishers Applaud "Research Works Act," Bipartisan Legislation To End Government Mandates on Private-Sector Scholarly Publishing by Heather Morrison
• 2012.01.05. Testimony: academic AAP members and the Research Works Act: where do you stand? Bear witness by Peter Brantley
• 2012.01.05. Peter Suber on "New Bill to Block Open Access to Publicly-Funded Research" by Gary Price
• 2012.01.05. More Legislative Shenanigans: Research Works Act (H.R. 3699) by Meredith
• 2012.01.05. Behind the Research Works Act: Which U.S. Representatives are Receiving Cash from Reed Elsevier? by Jason Baird Jackson
• 2012.01.05. Representatives Issa (R-CA) and Maloney (D-NY) introduce anti-open access legislation by James Love
• 2012.01.05. Why does the ACM act against the interests of scholars? by Rob Simmons
• 2012.01.05. A Case of Open and Shut by Christine Ross
• 2012.01.05. Can We Sustain Open Initiatives? by Audry Watters
• 2012.01.05. Science-Journal Publishers Take Fight Against Open-Access Policies to Congress
• 2012.01.05. Breaking technology by Kevin Smith
• 2012.01.06. The Research Works Act: asking the public to pay twice for scientific knowledge by Janet Stemwedel
• 2012.01.06. Congress wants to limit open access publishing for the US government's $28B/year subsidized research by Cory Doctorow
• 2012.01.06. Research Works Act is an anti-entrepreneurial bill by Britt Holbrook
• 2012.01.06. Research Works Act by Jane Morris
• 2012.01.06. A Quick Note on the Membership of the American Association of Publishers and the Research Works Act by Gary Price
• 2012.01.06. Congress Considers Paywalling Science You Already Paid For by David Dobbs
• 2012.01.06. Calling on Publishers to Resign from The Association of American Publishers Re Anti-Open Access Stance by Jonathan Eisen
• 2012.01.06. Scientists, the White House seeks your opinion on Open Access by Björn Brembs
• 2012.01.06. Stop Making Sense (Scholarly Publishing Edition) by Maura Smale
• 2012.01.06. The Scholarly Poor could lose access to scientific research; this is serious by Peter Murray-Rust
• 2012.01.06. Academic publishers acting badly by Mita Williams
• 2012.01.06. Dear Judy Garber, President, American Association of Cancer Research, and Frank McCormick, President-Elect by Heather Morrison
• 2012.01.06. Scientists, Fight For Access! by Kevin Zelnio
• 2012.01.06. Call to action: Oppose H.R. 3699, a bill to block public access to publicly funded research by Heather Joseph and Jennifer McLennan
• 2012.01.06. SOPA and the Research Works Act: Evil master plan or do publishers think so little of us by Kendra K. Levine
• 2012.01.06. Raising the barriers: restricting access to scientific literature will hurt STEM education by Sandra Porter
• 2012.01.06. More Policy Threats to Open Archaeology by Eric Kansa
• 2012.01.06. Congress Considers Paywalling Science You Already Paid For
• 2012.01.06. Data Friday: ThreeThings for the To Do List by Abigail Goben
• 2012.01.06. Rolling Back Public Access by Research Works Act
• 2012.01.06. Proposed Bill Threatens Open Access to Taxpayer-Funded Research by Liz Klimas
• 2012.01.06. Stop U.S. legislation that would block public access to publicly funded research by Timothy Vollmer
• 2012.01.06. The Association of American Publishers endorses Research Works Act by Britt Holbrook
• 2012.01.06. What can we do? Strike. When should we do it? Now. by Library Loon
• 2012.01.06. On open access, open science and Congress primarily by Darrell Issa & Tim O'Reilly on Twitter
• 2012.01.06. Response from ACM's Scott Delman by Rob Simmons
• 2012.01.06. Why HR 3699 Sucks by Alex Golub
• 2012.01.06. Take Action: Oppose H.R. 3699, a new bill to block public access to publicly funded research by Heather Joseph
• 2012.01.06. Open Government Research--or Maybe Private Ordering by Jim Harper
• 2012.01.07. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) sell out science by Mark Hoofnagle
• 2012.01.07. Research Works Act H.R.3699: The Private Publishing Tail Trying To Wag The Public Research Dog, Yet Again by Stevan Harnad
• 2012.01.07. Threat Of Job Loss As Motivation For Research Works Act: Real Or Fear-Mongering? by Heather Piwowar
• 2012.01.07. What *Should* The Publishers Lobby For? by Heather Piwowar
• 2012.01.07. You think peer review as currently implemented suck ? Wait till it is going to be the only way to publish by Igor Carron
• 2012.01.07. Our scientific societies need to quit the Association of American Publishers by Michael Eisen
• 2012.01.07. Public Access To Publicly Funded Research Should Stay Free and Open by Katy Gillivan
• 2012.01.07. Open Access and the Research Works Act by Bryan Pendleton
• 2012.01.07. Scientific publishing: "You buy the cow, then I'll sell you the milk."
• 2012.01.07. Research Works Act by Phillipe Ha-Vinh
• 2012.01.07. Research Works Act: Latest Congressional Lie about Helping Small Business by AnnMaria De Mars
• 2012.01.07. The Research Works Act would deny taxpayers access to federally funded research by Michelle Clement
• 2012.01.07. Stay vigilant by Krista Godfrey
• 2012.01.07. Copyright and Access to Taxpayer Funded Research by Eric Widera
• 2012.01.07. Research Works Act attacks data dissemination too by Heather Piwowar
• 2012.01.07. OPEN ACCESS TO PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH: PUBLISHERS ARE ACTING UP by Tom Olijhoek
• 2012.01.07. Watch where you donate your time by Peter Suber
• 2012.01.07. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) sell out science
• 2012.01.08. Contact Your Representative in Opposition to the Research Works Act by Rachel Walden
• 2012.01.08. Open Access needs better 'Government Relations' by Björn Brembs
• 2012.01.08. Elsevier under fire from American OA advocates
• 2012.01.08. IP Contributions to Scientific Papers by Publishers: An open letter to Rep Maloney and Issa by Cameron Neylon
• 2012.01.08. Ethical responsibilities of scientists: re proposed US federal legislation on open science by Rich Jorgensen
• 2012.01.08. Bill in US Congress to limit Open Access by Michael E. Smith
• 2012.01.08. Open Access Under Threat: HR 3699 by Christina Chew
• 2012.01.08. In which the Loon is a little verklempt by The Library Loon
• 2012.01.08. Research Works Act Wants to End Public Access to Taxpayer-Funded Research by Lana Bandoim
• 2012.01.08. Public Works Act Prohibits Government Funders from Requiring Open Access to USG Grant-Funded Research by Mike Palmedo
• 2012.01.09. How US intellectual property laws affect the rest of us, and what we can do about it by Deborah Fitchett
• 2012.01.09. Call to action: Oppose H.R. 3699 the "Research Works Act" by Annamaria Gotti
• 2012.01.09. Do your bit to oppose the evil Research Works Act by Mike Taylor
• 2012.01.09. Publishers Against the Dissemination of Research by The Annoyed Librarian
• 2012.01.09. The Research Works Act would deny taxpayers access to federally funded research
• 2012.01.09. Too Big to Know and the Research Works Act by Mike Ridley
• 2012.01.09. Open Access is a business by Elizabeth Brown
• 2012.01.09. Trying to roll back the clock on Open Access: Research Works Act introduced by Corey Williams
• 2012.01.09. Librarians, Open Access Advocates 'Vehemently Oppose' Research Works Act by Michael Kelley
• 2012.01.09. Taking on the jobs argument for the RWA by Peter Suber
• 2012.01.09. Elsevier editorial boards: The Journal of Academic Librarianship by The Library Loon
• 2012.01.09. Science Publishers Do Not "Produce": The Arrogance of the AAP by Mike the Mad Biologist
• 2012.01.09. Research Works Act (H.R. 3699) Threatens Open Access to Publicly Funded Research by Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
• 2012.01.09. Bericht aus dem Open-Access-Krieg by Adrian Pohl
• 2012.01.09. Anti-Open Access Rises Again: A newly introduced bill that aims to block public access to publicly-funded research echoes similar bills that have been tried in the past by Bob Grant
• 2012.01.09. Thoughts on the Research Works Act by Marcus Banks
• 2012.01.09. Research Works Act by The Mad Librarian
• 2012.01.09. How and why two American representatives plan to make the free dissemination of scientific knowledge an illegal activity by Andrew C. Holmes
• 2012.01.09. How much does it cost to get a scientific paper?
• 2012.01.09. SOPA and the AAP: Dumb and Dumber? Publishers seek to crush open access in US Congress by Gaz
• 2012.01.09. Unfortunate: 'Open' Advocate Darrell Issa Sponsoring Bill That Will Close Off Open Access To Gov't Funded Research by Mike Masnick
• 2012.01.10. Your Action Needed to Protect Open Access! by Naty Hoffman
• 2012.01.10. The Research Works Act would deny taxpayers access to federally funded research by Politico Kattie
• 2012.01.10. Could an iTunes-like model work with scientific publishing? by Sandra Porter
• 2012.01.10. Another thought on strikes by The Library Loon
• 2012.01.10. Shoes and other feet by The Library Loon
• 2012.01.10. Research Bought, Then Paid For by Michael B. Eisen
• 2012.01.10. "Research Works Act" to legally solidify the share of federal funding for the 'scientific' contribution of publishing companies by Daniël P. Melters
• 2012.01.10. Publishers Back Bill to Ban Public Access Mandates to Federally Funded Research by Andrew Albanese
• 2012.01.10. Open Access Battles Return: Why the scientific community is absolutely up in arms this week by Shanon Fischer
• 2012.01.11. Elsevier editorial boards: Government Information Quarterly by The Library Loon
• 2012.01.11. Public Access to NIH-Funded Publications - Proposed "Research Works Act" Removes Requirement
• 2012.01.11. The Research Works Act Aims to Kill Open-Access Journals by David Banks
• 2012.01.11. Beware the Academic-Publishing Complex! by Nathan A. Schachtman
• 2012.01.11. ISCB to respond to Research Works Act (HR 3699) by Grant Jacobs
• 2012.01.11. US Research Works Act Proposal - a new approach to attack Open Access? by Sven Vlaeminck
• 2012.01.11. Open Access and the Origin of the Research University by Wayne Bivens-Tatum
• 2012.01.11. The Final Provocation
• 2012.01.11. The White House wants your thoughts on open access to scientific publications! Deadline January 12!
• 2012.01.11. The Research Works Act by Katie Ginnane
• 2012.01.11. The Advocacy of Scientists by Stephanie Zvan
• 2012.01.11. Response to RFI on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research by Heather Etchevers
• 2012.01.11. MIT Press distances itself from Research Works Act by Richard Poynder
• 2012.01.11. Access to the literature: does interlibrary loan solve our problems? by Christina Pikas
• 2012.01.11. From MIT Press by Peter Suber
• 2012.01.11. Open Access Gets Some Mainstream Attention by David Bruggeman
• 2012.01.11. Bill Blocking NIH Public Access Policy Draws Fire by Jocelyn Kaiser
• 2012.01.11. Rep Darrell Issa - What Are You Thinking?!?! by The Captain
• 2012.01.11. Secrets of the Submarine Fish by Christopher McCracken
• 2012.01.12. The Concerned Librarian's Guide to the 2012 ALA Midwinter Exhibit Hall by Andy Woodworth
• 2012.01.12. DHS Monitoring Internet ... Er, So? by Bruce McQuain
• 2012.01.12. Writing on the Ether by Porter Anderson
• 2012.01.12. New Bill Would Put Taxpayer-Funded Science Behind Pay Walls by Lena Groeger
• 2012.01.12. ITHAKA becomes the second AAP member to disavow the Research Works Act by Richard Poynder
• 2012.01.12. Pennsylvania State University Press says No to Research Works Act by Richard Poynder
• 2012.01.12. ITHAKA Issues Public Statement Rejecting Research Works Act Legislation by Gary Price
• 2012.01.12. Research Works Act - seriously? by Michelle Greene
• 2012.01.12. Take Action for Open Access
• 2012.01.12. Research Works Act- Another Attack on Open Access
• 2012.01.12. Open knowledge saves lives. Oppose H.R. 3699! by Gilles Frydman
• 2012.01.12. Research Works Act: Outlawing Open Access
• 2012.01.12. Does the AAA Support or Oppose the Research Works Act? @AmericanAnthro by Jason Baird Jackson
• 2012.01.12. Call Your Congress Critter: The Research Works Act by drugmonkey
• 2012.01.12. CALL TO ACTION: Oppose H.R. 3699, a Bill to Block Public Access to Publicly Funded Research by Doug Newcomb
• 2012.01.13. Open access without anger by Zen Faulkes
• 2012.01.13. Open Letter to Johns Hopkins University Press, should publicly oppose the Research Works Act by Chris Maloney
• 2012.01.13. Can AAP Members stay neutral in the row over the Research Works Act? by Richard Poynder
• 2012.01.13. Open Letter to OUP; request to repudiate H.R.3699 and Research Works Act by Peter Murray-Rust
• 2012.01.13. Plagiarist or Puppet? US Rep. Carolyn Maloney's reprehensible defense of Elsevier's Research Works Act by Michael Eisen
• 2012.01.13. Eisen Busts Rep Carolyn Maloney parroting Elsevier Publishing's defense of the Research Works Act by Mark Hoofnagle
• 2012.01.13. Research Works Act - H.R. 3699 by Chad Nilep
• 2012.01.13. Entering the Fray by David Loeb
• 2012.01.13. Support for AAP's support of RWA a mixture of outrage and intimidation
• 2012.01.13. Columbia Libraries Responds to White House OSTP
• 2012.01.13. University of California Press differs from AAP on Research Works Act
• 2012.01.14. Stop HR3699; The Open Access movement needs to get ACTIVE; the Scholarly Poor already do by Peter Murray-Rust
• 2012.01.14. HR3699 and SOPA restrictions hit Small businesses by Peter Murray-Rust
• 2012.01.14. Adding value to Sci...*cough* Congress (Or, You Buy the Cow, Episode 2)
• 2012.01.14. Library organizations unanimous: Oppose H.R. 3699, The Research Works Act
• 2012.01.14. On sharing research and the value of peer-review: Mendeley's response to #SOPA and the Research Works Act by William Gunn
• 2012.01.14. Congress' Intervention In Scientific Publishing by Kathryn Muratore
• 2012.01.15. Open Access featured twice on English Wikipedia homepage today by Daniel Mietchen
• 2012.01.16. Innovate, Don't Legislate by Barry Graubart
• 2012.01.16. Open access v. The Research Works Act by Pat Tully
• 2012.01.16. Copyright Alliances welcomes US bill overturning free access to publicly funded research
• 2012.01.16. Academic publishers have become the enemies of science by Mike Taylor
• 2012.01.16. From the Public Affairs Committee - January 16th 2012 by University of Chicago BSD Postdoctoral Association
• 2012.01.16. JSTOR Opens Up A Little On Public Research And Congress Wants To Close It Down A Lot by Mark Giangrande
• 2012.01.16. Elsevier = evil by PZ Myers
• 2012.01.16. Cockroaches and the Research Works Act by Timothy Birdnow
• 2012.01.17. Research Works Act: Cambridge University Press expands on its position by Richard Poynder
• 2012.01.17. The Library as Aquarium, or, The SOPA Post
• 2012.01.17. Stop The US Research Works Act by Contrarian
• 2012.01.17. Wikipedia to shut down for 24 hours by Deborah Fitchett
• 2012.01.17. Wikipedia joins internet blackout; watch out for the Research Works Act by Joshua Preston
• 2012.01.17. Taxpayer funded research by Scott D-S

It's worth watching pretty well everthing Peter Suber is writing on this issue on Google+.

Of course, if I've missed any, please let me know in the comments.

For those that are interesting, I'm using this Google Doc as a scratch file to hold links in between updates.

Update 2012.01.08: Added a bunch more today. I'll probably get around to putting all this in chronological order in the next few days.
Update 2012.01.09: Added many more, including some stragglers. Also, now in chronological order.
Update 2012.01.11: Another big update.
Update 2012.01.17. Yet another big update before leaving for Science Online. It includes a few stragglers. I probably won't get around to another update until after I return.