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The model Elsevier operates on is under attack from a number of sides. In addition to UC, there is Plan S: > The plan requires scientists and researchers who
by apo 7y ago
The model Elsevier operates on is under attack from a number of sides. In addition to UC, there is Plan S:
> The plan requires scientists and researchers who benefit from state-funded research organisations and institutions to publish their work in open repositories or in journals that are available to all by 2021.[4] The "S" stands for "shock".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_S https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_S
The plan is backed by a wide range of European groups.
Elsevier may have a right to license its content as it sees fit, but the market as turned against its business model. The company now must decide whether to go down fighting or acknowledge the inevitable.
An of course, there's the ever present Sci-Hub, which presents a comprehensive selection of research papers far better than Elsevier ever did - and at no cost to the reader.
- a1369209993 7y ago> Elsevier may have a right to license its content as it sees fit Elsevier doesn't have content of it's own. It takes others' content (without paying them a dime in most - if not all - cases), maybe runs it through spellcheck, slaps a legal threat and price tag on it, and milks it for as much protection money as it can. Elsevier is the very model of modern major copyright troll.
- mayank 7y agoI can assure you that Elsevier does not run articles through a spellcheck.
- wpietri 7y agoExactly. Their business added significant value back when paper was the primary medium. With the rise of the Internet, their value-add was significantly decreased, but they somehow decided the right thing was to double down on being a rentier and extract way more money. I have zero sympathy for them. As they say on Wall Street, "Bulls make money, bears make money. But pigs get slaughtered." They've had 20 years to find new ways to deliver value and it doesn't seem like they've bothered. At this rate they'll be out of business soon, and I'll enjoy it thoroughly.
- Vinnl 7y agoPeople give Elsevier (and other publishers) their content, unfortunately...