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Isn't scientific research paid for by tax payers? Isn't most of content on Sci hub of this nature? Who is profiting from selling this content?
by sergiotapia 10y ago
Isn't scientific research paid for by tax payers? Isn't most of content on Sci hub of this nature?
Who is profiting from selling this content?
- colejohnson66 10y agoElsevier and friends. There's a difference between funded by the government and made by the government. Things made by the government are public domain. However, things funded by the government are usually the property of the fundee(?). It's how SpaceX can have company secrets it doesn't have to release to the public domain.
- tgokh 10y agoThank you, Bayh-Dole Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayh–Dole_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayh–Dole_Act
- mordae 10y agoThe issue is with the impact factor.