That seems to be changing, slowly. https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2022/08/25/breakthroughs-for-alldelivering-equitable-access-to-americas-researc

That seems to be changing, slowly. https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2022/08/25/breakthroughs-for-alldelivering-equitable-access-to-americas-research/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2022/08/25/brea... https://www.science.org/content/article/white-house-requires-immediate-public-access-all-u-s--funded-research-papers-2025 https://www.science.org/content/article/white-house-requires... The same is true for court proceedings: we paid for it, it's our data.