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by alex_duf 4281 days ago
Does state sponsored research guaranties that result will be made public and shared ? (This is a serious question)

If so, I agree with you, If not, I see here a strong argument for crowd funded projects like that.
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dnautics 4281 days ago
Currently not all state sponsored research guarantees shared results, but the NIH does (after one year). But: Not all results are guaranteed to be public, just the published work. If you really wanted to know, for state-sponsored research in the US, you could probably FOIA results, all the way down to the notebooks.
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Fomite 4281 days ago
FOIA requests for medical records, which is much of what we're talking about, is really quite difficult.
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rgejman 4281 days ago
The NIH mandates that all research it funds be placed in the public domain within 1 year of publication. http://publicaccess.nih.gov/

This does not go far enough, but it is a good start. It would be better if non-published research were also placed in the public domain, but this is logistically tricky for many reasons.

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