A (somewhat controversial) question that came up the last time I was discussing this with someone was whether all JSTOR material should be available on the net.

A (somewhat controversial) question that came up the last time I was discussing this with someone was whether all JSTOR material should be available on the net. This does mean that American taxpayer funded research is now available to practically everyone in the world. What follows is third hand information and not even directly related to JSTOR. So it could be totally wrong. But I am told that at the moment not all of the journals/articles in all areas are available to universities outside the US. Apparently it is hard to get hold of research related to subjects that the US thinks are not "exportable" because of potential impact on national security. Things like nuclear medicine, areas of chemical engineering etc. The journal publishers act as a point of enforcement in this story.