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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:11:28 +0100
From: Michael Jost <jo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Internet in Bibliotheken <INETBIB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hallo,

folgende Nachricht fand ich beunruhigend.
Es geht darum, dass offenbar eine US-Regierungsbehörde unter Androhung
drakonischer Strafen US-amerikanischen Herausgebern/Verlagen verbietet,
wissenschaftliche Artikel von Autoren aus gewissen "Schurkenstaaten" zu
publizieren. Das Verbot steht in Zusammenhang mit den bestehenden
Handelsembargos.

Ist jemandem darüber mehr bekannt?

Beste Grüsse,
  - Michael Jost

PS: Englischer Text am Ende der Nachricht.


-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Betreff: [biblio-info-sociedad] Fwd: Los EE.UU. prohíben la publicación de artículos de científicos de Cuba y otros países._Incluye_el_envío_de_reprint Datum: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:10:12 -0800 (PST) Von: Zapopan Muela <zapopanmuela@xxxxxxxxx> Rückantwort: biblio-info-sociedad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx An: biblio-info-sociedad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Bibliomex <bibliomex-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Biblio Biblioprogresistas <biblio-progresistas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, proinforomx proinforomx <proinforomx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: ambac <correo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, faife faife <faife-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jkrug@xxxxxxx, lajornada <suscrip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, proceso <albarran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ALA International Relations Round ALA-World <alaworld@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, IFLA IFLA <ifla-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, IFLA Management of Library Associations Section <ifla-mlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, IFLA 2003 Berlin Sekretariat <ifla2003secr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, hola vanguardia <hola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



English below -->

Querid@s <mailto:Querid@s> amig@s <mailto:amig@s>,



El gobierno de los EE.UU. que se jacta de ser el paladin defensor de la
Libertad Intelectual ha asestado un nuevo golpe a dicha libertad --ver
mensaje adjunto abajo-- al prohibirle a las editoras de EE.UU. la
publicacion de articulos cientificos de cientificos de Cuba, Iran, Irak,
Libia y Sudan, donde ya dicho gobierno ejerce un criminal bloqueo
economico y comercial. Y peor aun los cientificos de dichos paises no
podran tampoco obtener reimpresiones de articulos o documentos pasados
por la misma regulacion.



La situacion es critica por la sencilla razon de que lo que los
gobiernos hagan y deshagan no debe afectar la libertad intelectual de
sus gobernados.



Hoy son estos paises, pero luego sera Haiti, luego Venezuela, luego
Corea del Norte y luego quien decida el gobierno del imperio. No porque
no afecte a Mexico, a Brasil, Argentina, etc. no debemos mostrar
solidaridad con los pueblos de estos paises --incluidos claro esta sus
cientificos de todas las disciplinas incluidas las bibliotecarias y
documentalistas.



Toda la comunidad bibliotecaria y documentalista latinoamericana y de
todo el mundo debemos oponernos a dicha agresion a la libertad
intelectual por parte del gobierno del imperio del planeta. Y tambien
debemos oponernos a los bloqueos de dichos paises y de todos los paises
del mundo. Ello ayudara incluso hasta a los mismos empresarios de los
EE.UU. quienes tambien han sufrido perdidas billonarias junto con los
pueblos de dichos paises bloqueados.



Hoy me gustaria saber que opina el FAIFE, y la IFLA que cuestionan la
supuesta falta de libertad intelectual  de los gobiernos de todo el
planeta (la paja), pero no denunican (las vigas) de los de EE.UU. y los
de las otras 7 potencias.



De nuevo, como los colegas españoles, debemos repudiar este atentado
contra la libertad intelectual de nuestros colegas de dichos pueblos
incluidos los estadounidenses. Invito a toda la comunidad mundial IFLA,
FAIFE, ALA, AMBAC, CEBIP, etc. a que se pronuncien contra dicha nefasta
regulacion del gobierno estadounidense y tambien contra el embargo
contra dichos pueblos. Haciendo una carta de protesta ante los diversos
medios de comunicacion de cada pais. Haciendo una declaracion
internacional. Haciendo un sitio Web con formato de denuncia donde los
colegas de todo el mundo se sumen. Haciendo un weblog. Y cualquier otro
tipo de manifestaciones que le den un mensaje claro al gobierno del
imperio estadounidense que la libertad intelectual no puede ser esclava
por los conflictos belicos o de diferencias politicas entre los gobiernos.



Solidariamente,



Zapopan Muela

Bibliotecario mexicano

María_Victoria_Guzman <mvguzman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

       From: María_Victoria_Guzman
       To: "'Zapopan Muela'"
       Subject: Se_prohíbe_la_publicación_de_artículos_de_científi
       cos_de_Cuba_y_otros_países._Incluye_el_envío_de_reprint
       Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:11:35 -0600

Hola Zapopan



       Te envío este mensaje para que lo reenvíes a la lista si te parece
       pertinente. Se trata de una de las medidas que el gobierno de USA ha
       dictado contra los científicos e investigadores de Cuba y otros
       países. La medida considera también la prohibición de envío de
       reprints de artículos publicados por investigadores norteamericanos
       a sus colegas de los países listados.

       La ley o regulación prohíbe a los editores de las revistas
       científicas norteamericanas publicar en ellas los trabajos
       científicos realizados en cualquiera de los países sometidos al
       embargo económico y comercial. Estos son Irán, Irak, Libia, Sudán y
       Cuba. La pena por infringir esta norma puede ser multa de hasta
       50.000 dólares y hasta 10 años de cárcel.

       Los colegas de España han envíado una carta firmada a la prensa (El
       PAIS) como protesta.

Un abrazo

Maria Victoria

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           Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:19:34 -0800
            > From: Journal Agricultural and Food Chemistry <JAFC@xxxxxxxxxxx>
            > To: edilso@xxxxxxxxxxxx, lakleinschmidt@xxxxxxxxxxx,
           mscanlan@xxxxxxx
            > Subject: JF035175h
            >
            > Dear Dr Reguera:
            >
            > I am responding to your e-mail of Jan 27, 2004, inquiring
           about the
           status
            > of your manuscript, "Physico-Chemical Changes in the Hull of
           the Corn
            > Grains During Their Alkaline Cooking," JF035175h. I had hoped
           to have
           had better news for you of a situation we find ourselves in, not
           of your
           making. Here is the situation:

           An agency of the U.S. government, the Office of Foreign Assets
           Control
            > (OFAC), has recently issued a ruling that prohibits
           publishers from
           editing
            > papers from Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Sudan, all countries
           under U.S.
            > trade embargo. The ACS and its editors strongly condemn this
           decision,
           and
            > we are working aggressively and urgently with many other
           publishers to
            > overturn it.
            >
            > In the meantime, the ACS has reluctantly declared a
           moratorium on
            > publishing papers from these countries. To do otherwise would
           be to
            > subject the ACS, including its editors and staff, to the risk
           of severe
            > civil and criminal penalties. This is not a policy; rather,
           it is a
            > short-term necessity to avoid violating U.S. law as
           interpreted by OFAC.
            >
            > We are confident that we will prevail in our efforts to
           remove this
            > obstacle to the traditional open exchange of scientific
           information. I
           ask
            > for your patience and understanding as we bring pressure on
           the federal
            > government for a speedy resolution of the matter.
            >
            > I can offer you two options:
            >
            > * You can withdraw your manuscript and submit it to another
           journal.
            > * You can leave your manuscript with us, on hold, in hopes
           that the
            > legal issue described above can be resolved and JAFC can
           continue to
            > process your manuscript.
            >
            > Please understand that option 2 may take some time, and there
           is no
            > guarantee that it will be resolved in favor of the ACS
           position in a
            > reasonable period of time. So it is possible that we may
           ultimately
            > need
            > to reject your paper because the OFAC ruling is sustained.
            >>
            > Please let me know how you want to proceed.
            >
            > Best Wishes,
            >
            > James N. Seiber
            > Editor
            >
            > Cc: L. Kleinschmidt
            > M. Scanlan < >> c
            >
            > Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
            > Department of Environmental Toxicology
            > University of California
            > One Shields Avenue
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            >
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           Chemical & Engineering News
           Copyright © 2004 American Chemical Society

           January 26, 2004
           Volume 82, Number 04
           CENEAR 82 04 p. 5
           ISSN 0009-2347

Counterproductive Restrictions


RUDY M. BAUM Editor-in-chief PHOTO BY DAVID J. HANSON T he american chemical society and other scientific and technical publishers were blindsided last year by a ruling by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) that effectively prohibits publication of scientific papers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, and Cuba, all of which are under U.S. trade embargoes. Violation of the trade embargo law can result in a fine of up to $50,000 and imprisonment for up to 10 years. ACS is still scrambling to craft a policy for dealing with the OFAC ruling for the editors of its 32 journals. The policy must simultaneously adhere to U.S. law and respect the independence of the journal editors and the ethical principle that only scientific merit determines whether a paper is accepted for publication. In 2003, ACS journals received 195 papers originating from the five countries, with the bulk, 170, coming from Iran. ACS journals received a total of 24,222 papers in 2003. At their annual meeting earlier this month in Phoenix, ACS journal editors adopted a resolution condemning the OFAC policy. It reads: "The ACS journal editors unanimously express their vehement opposition to all laws and regulations that have the effect of restricting the open, rldwide exchange of scientific information. In particular, the editors urge ACS governance and staff to aggressively pursue all appropriate means to bring about the speedy removal of legal obstacles to publication, by the customary process, of papers submitted to the ACS from countries under U.S. trade embargo." A few ACS journal editors urged the society's Publications Division to ignore the OFAC ruling and publish papers from the embargoed countries as a matter of First Amendment free speech rights. The OFAC ruling came in response to a request from the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) concerning publishing papers from Iran. What followed is a bit convoluted, but the upshot of the OFAC ruling and interpretation of the pertinent laws by ACS counsel is that the society is prohibited from providing peer reviewer comments to authors of papers from the five embargoed countries and from providing any editorial services to such authors. According to OFAC, that includes "activities such as the reordering of paragraphs or sentences, correction of syntax, grammar, and replacement of inappropriate words." OFAC also ruled that IEEE "would not be prohibited from accepting camera-ready copies of manuscripts." However, in this age of electronic delivery of scientific and technical journals, there really isn't any such thing as "camera-ready" copy. Let me be blunt. The OFAC ruling is wrongheaded and counterproductive. The free exchange of scientific and technical information is almost always in the best interests of science and our nation. In the darkest days of the Cold War, the U.S. government encouraged contacts between Western scientists and their counterparts in the Soviet Union and other Eastern bloc nations, including the publication of the few papers such scientists could convince authorities to allow them to submit to Western journals. The same holds true today for scientists i Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, and Cuba. Publishing peer-reviewed, properly edited research results in Western journals could in no conceivable way enhance the economic situation of these countries. It may, however, nurture the ideal of the free, unfettered exchange of information, an ideal too often suppressed in totalitarian nations. It may give scientists, some of whom are at the forefront of reform movements, hope that their efforts might someday yield fruit. Under no circumstances can ACS be a partner to violating U.S. law. Such an action would jeopardize both the society and its employees. But ACS must, and I am sure will, work diligently on its own and in conjunction with other like-minded scientific and technical societies to have the OFAC ruling overturned. As individuals, I urge ACS members to take up the OFAC ruling with their congressional representatives. Trade embargoes may be legitimate tools for changing the behavior of nations, but they should not be extended to blocking the free flow of scientific and technical information. Thanks for reading.


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