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I would appreciate an explanation of this assertion. What makes them criminal?

• mirimir 8y ago
  As far as I know, they're not breaking any laws, so they're not criminals. Basically, over the years, they acquired a bunch of academic publishers that were effectively not-for-profit. And since, they've been raising prices. Harvesting market position. Sure, that's not illegal. But it's arguably immoral.
• aurizon 8y ago
  Well, not criminal, nor is Disney, but people who bribe law makers to extend copyright to defeat the purpose of copyright seem criminal to me. Remember, copyright was made to give authors a period of monopoly, then open source. What if Microsoft bribed law makers to extend patents for 100 years? or drug makers?