Comments on: Boycott Elsevier for Supporting SOPA http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/ The Theoretical Computer Science Stack Exchange Blog Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:55:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Janis http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/#comment-586 Janis Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:59:12 +0000 http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/?p=1023#comment-586 <p>Ask this question: did Springer's new owners support SOPA? Springer is owned by 2-EQT, a Swedish private equity firm with a part interest held by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund.</p> Ask this question: did Springer’s new owners support SOPA? Springer is owned by 2-EQT, a Swedish private equity firm with a part interest held by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund.

]]> By: Scientists occupy publishers | Stem Cell Assays http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/#comment-462 Scientists occupy publishers | Stem Cell Assays Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:27:44 +0000 http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/?p=1023#comment-462 <p>[...] Sponsoring unacceptable regulations, destroying the freedom of information exchange online. [...]</p> [...] Sponsoring unacceptable regulations, destroying the freedom of information exchange online. [...]

]]> By: Should you boycott academic publishers? http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/#comment-459 Should you boycott academic publishers? Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:24:10 +0000 http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/?p=1023#comment-459 <p>[...] so that pharmaceutical corporations could claim that certain facts appeared in a journal, they have sponsored evil regulations, and they have restrictive views on what constitutes fair use. Unbelievably, they were also [...]</p> [...] so that pharmaceutical corporations could claim that certain facts appeared in a journal, they have sponsored evil regulations, and they have restrictive views on what constitutes fair use. Unbelievably, they were also [...]

]]> By: gopi http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/#comment-455 gopi Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:23:34 +0000 http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/?p=1023#comment-455 <p>I do not think Springer took a stand on this issue.</p> <p>Related: https://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-in-its-downfall/</p> I do not think Springer took a stand on this issue.

Related: https://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-in-its-downfall/

]]> By: BK http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/#comment-439 BK Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:33:37 +0000 http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/?p=1023#comment-439 <p>Have Springer taken a stand on this issue? Are they supporting SOPA like Elsevier as well?</p> Have Springer taken a stand on this issue? Are they supporting SOPA like Elsevier as well?

]]> By: domotorp http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/#comment-432 domotorp Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:35:40 +0000 http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/?p=1023#comment-432 <p>IMHO any such boycott should be started by important researchers, who can then be followed by others like us.</p> IMHO any such boycott should be started by important researchers, who can then be followed by others like us.

]]> By: Raphael http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/#comment-430 Raphael Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:44:18 +0000 http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/?p=1023#comment-430 <p>Students can get a whole year's issues of TCS for something about 20€. Maybe telling all your friends to order hurts Elsevier more than boycott? That is, if their usual prices are closer to their actual cost than the student price.</p> <p>Researcher should certainly boycott them, and not only because of SOPA.</p> Students can get a whole year’s issues of TCS for something about 20€. Maybe telling all your friends to order hurts Elsevier more than boycott? That is, if their usual prices are closer to their actual cost than the student price.

Researcher should certainly boycott them, and not only because of SOPA.

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