I have had University Council tell me I cannot open source code I have written implementing patented algorithms. It is unfortunately more common than most people think, and often not acknowledged in publications.
While I look forward to reading this book, I recommend interested people balance it somewhat with one of the books by Uttal. Neural Theories of Mind and The New Phrenology are both good reads that raise theoretical and practical hurdles to reverse engineering brains.
"Researchers must also go through IRBs (independent review boards) at their institution prior to engaging in research that deals with human subjects. If the collected data is going to be made available publicly, it makes the process more arduous."
That is not really my experience. Getting IRB approval to release human data just means proper de-identification which one should do anyway. For example, generally subjects are given randomly generated IDs with only the PI having the master list.
"I don't think there is anything particularly nefarious about their copyright policy (which explicitly allows authors to post freely available copies of their articles for non-commercial purposes.)"
This is no longer strictly true as of last year. IEEE now explicitly forbids authors from posting the officially published versions of papers. You can post preprints though, which are often better since it includes content you had to cut to avoid huge over-length charges, and any errata or updates.
Every year I struggle with whether to renew my IEEE membership, whether to continue to publish in their journals, and whether to review for those journals.
I think that tax preparation services were salivating at the prospects. Mine sent a letter with our tax prep organizer explaining the change and offering their services to prepare them for me.
True, in fact a typical professor at a university devotes roughly 30% of effort to teaching. The rest is research effort (~ 60%) and service (reviewing papers, running conferences, etc).
My experience was this. On a call to Delta on 4/20 I was told it would be Monday 4/26 before a seat was available. 15 minutes later I booked a DELTA/KLM flight to my destination that afternoon through travelocity (at a high cost).
When I complained to Delta after returning I was told the travel websites buy seats in block and resell them, so that is why they could not give me a seat. Oh, and there were several empty seats on the flight.