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So basically the universities should buy the books, store them, repair them, scan them, edit the PDFs, make books, pay for all of that and then give you the PDF
by _Codemonkeyism 9y ago
So basically the universities should buy the books, store them, repair them, scan them, edit the PDFs, make books, pay for all of that and then give you the PDFs for free.
Not sure why they should.
Should scientists and everyone else get papers for free paid by tax payers? Yes.
- ric2b 9y agoUniversities should support research, they shouldn't only be capitalist machines. But even while chasing profits they could at least sell the damn books online and give you a table of contents.