Federal public access policy requires recipients of federal research grants to place copies of scientific articles they publish based on the awards in a federal repository. Publishers hold the copyrights to these articles, and not all of them permit authors to comply with the policy. This article argues that public access policy infringes on the First Amendment rights of scientist-authors. The Supreme Court of the United States has held that it is the author’s right to choose where, when and whether to publish. Choice of publication venue is critical to authors, who retain creative and economic interests in their work, even when they transfer copyright. Scientist-authors generally seek to publish in prestigious journals that will lead to promotions and extramural funding. The federal government already exerts a great deal of control over the research it funds and must stay out of the author-publisher relationship.

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联邦公共访问政策：违反科学家的第一修正案权利

联邦公共访问政策要求获得联邦研究资助的受助人将基于奖励而发表的科学文章的副本放置在联邦存储库中。出版商拥有这些文章的版权，但并非所有人都允许作者遵守该政策。本文认为，公共获取政策侵犯了科学家作者的第一修正案权利。美国最高法院裁定，提交人有权选择在何处，何时何地发表。对于作者而言，出版地点的选择至关重要，他们即使在转移版权的情况下也能保持作品的创作和经济利益。科学家们通常寻求在享有盛名的期刊上发表文章，从而促进晋升和壁画外筹资。