[LINK] Re: NYTimes... free speech with a twist...edit and be sued..

[Antony Barry]

On 29/02/2004, at 1:49 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:

> It appears to now be necessary for learned journals to arrange their 
> publishing processes such that the place of publication is outside 
> that increasingly un-free country, the U.S.A.

There was a query was a query on the AGLIN-L at nla.gov.au list 
(Australian Government libraries) regarding whether the Australian 
Government had a simliar policy. I replied -

> We don't. If our government tried it I would hope that every 
> scientific society, ALIA, the civil liberties community and a host of 
> others would rise up and condemn it. For myself, I would write to all 
> my parliamentary representative opposing it and would join any 
> political demonstration against it.
>
> I'm starting to think that those who speak of the Anglofascists might 
> have a point.
>

Tony

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