There is a lot wrong with todays scientific publishing industry. But this does not mean that their service should be free. Access to research is one thing, org

There is a lot wrong with todays scientific publishing industry. But this does not mean that their service should be free. Access to research is one thing, organising the review process, print layout, marketing another. Most researchers I know share their preprints for free. But the final peer reviewed & laid out product has added value. The problem is the inflated price that researchers have allowed to be charged for their own product. Partly because many care more about their publication list than about anything else. Rather than downloading illicit copies out of convenience, one should download preprints, engage in their discussion, seek out open peer review, share personal copies of peer reviewed papers, and contact other researchers for their papers. We need to build a community of researchers if we want to take the greedy publishers out of the equation.