Word spread this month among the faculty members of St. Petersburg State University: According to a document signed on Oct. 1, they have to submit their work to administrators for permission before publishing it abroad or presenting it at overseas conferences. The order, which was circulated internally and made its way onto a popular Internet forum, says professors must provide their academic department with copies of texts to be made public outside Russia, so that they can be reviewed for violation of intellectual property laws or potential danger to national security. Read more at;
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/world/europe/28petersburg.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
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wow :((thanks for the info. hope our university will never have to experience this kind of "freedom"
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=652370068 | October 29, 2009 at 08:22 AM