Appendix: Tweets on Knowledge
Carl Malamud, Sebastopol, California, June 6, 2017
@carlmalamud, 2:13 PM - 6 Jun 2017
1/10 Public Resource has been conducting an intensive audit of the scholarly literature. We have focused on works of the U.S. government.
Replying to @carlmalamud, 2:13 PM - 6 Jun 2017
2/ Our audit has determined that 1,264,429 journal articles authored by federal employees or officers are potentially void of copyright.
Replying to @carlmalamud, 2:13 PM - 6 Jun 2017
3/ To further examine the subject, I have made a copy of a database known as scihub, which has 63+ million journal articles.
Replying to @carlmalamud, 2:14 PM - 6 Jun 2017
4/ The purpose of this copy is to create a transformational use, an extraction of all components of scihub that are in the public domain.
Replying to @carlmalamud, 2:14 PM - 6 Jun 2017
5/ Of the 1,264,429 government journal articles I have metadata for, I am now able to access 1,141,505 files (90.2%) for potential release.
Replying to @carlmalamud, 2:14 PM - 6 Jun 2017
6/ In addition, 2,031,359 of the articles in my possession are dated 1923 or earlier. These 2 categories represent 4.92% of scihub.
Replying to @carlmalamud, 2:15 PM - 6 Jun 2017
7/ Additional categories to examine include lapsed copyright registrations, open access that is not, and author-retained copyrights.
Replying to @carlmalamud, 2:15 PM - 6 Jun 2017
8/ Public Resource will make extracts of the Library of Alexandra available shortly, will present the issues to publishers and governments.
Replying to @carlmalamud, 2:15 PM - 6 Jun 2017
9/ Alexandra Elbakyan created scihub and has made a profound and brave contribution to access to knowledge. We should all stand with her.
Replying to @carlmalamud, 2:16 PM - 6 Jun 2017
10/ Universal access to all knowledge is the great unachieved promise of our generation. With the Internet, this dream can become real.
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