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My point was that it's covered irrespective of the number of times a paper gets downloaded or read. The papers could get read 0 times but they're still making b
by kevviiinn 3y ago
My point was that it's covered irrespective of the number of times a paper gets downloaded or read. The papers could get read 0 times but they're still making bank as long as they have those library contracts
- jltsiren 3y agoAnd my point was that the average number of times a research paper gets read is low, regardless of whether it's behind a paywall or freely accessible. Given the costs of commercial publishing, the average cost of reading a paper must be high, no matter who pays for it and how.
- kevviiinn 3y agoIt's far too high, the publishers shouldn't be able to capitalize on publicly funded research by gate keeping it