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Press release 2009-06-08
 

Serious assault on research freedom

The Israeli company Nemesysco has used threats of legal actions to prevent the publication of a scientific article in International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law that was critical of their products.

The authors Anders Eriksson, University of Gothenburg, and Fransisco Lacerda, Stockholm University.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences regards this as a serious threat to research freedom and, by extension, to the free dissemination of information in society.  A statement is published at the link below.
Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien