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Legal Note: Lenski does not own all that data. His university owns the material. The way it works is, you file an MTA with the university for whatever it is you want, and you are generally expected to bear the standard costs of providing it to you. This is accepted practice in science. If you want the data, do this, and then if they turn you down you could perhaps sue Michigan State for some kind of discrimination. To go outside these procedures is to request special treatment.
Legal Note: Lenski does not own all that data. His university owns the material. The way it works is, you file an MTA with the university for whatever it is you want, and you are generally expected to bear the standard costs of providing it to you. This is accepted practice in science. If you want the data, do this, and then if they turn you down you could perhaps sue Michigan State for some kind of discrimination. To go outside these procedures is to request special treatment.
: I didn't get much out of your comment, as you seem to ignore or misunderstand the value of public scrutiny of data. There is no requirement of suspecting misbehavior or fraud, obviously, in order to acknowledge that public access to publicly funded research has substantial benefits. All it takes is a recognition that no researcher is perfect and flawless.
: Your point about the university is interesting, but unsupported. It may be that the State of Michigan or Michigan State University has a requirement of disclosure. Information about that is welcome.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 10:02, 5 July 2008 (EDT)
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