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It is important to note that authors are not compensated when you buy access to an academic article in a journal. In fact, since the authors both do the work o
by tux3 1y ago
It is important to note that authors are not compensated when you buy access to an academic article in a journal.
In fact, since the authors both do the work of creating the content and peer-reviewing submissions, they must also pay the journal in exchange for doing this work.
Think of it like the patient paying the hospital, the doctor paying the hospital, and in exchange the doctor can do their work at a prestigious hospital, which is all very lucrative (for the hospital)
- wrp 1y agoJournal articles represent an extreme where sharing is most ethical. An opposite extreme would be something like AAA games. In the range between are things like monographs, textbooks, literature, etc.
- xnyan 1y ago> textbooks Textbooks are not that distant from academic publishing in terms of the rent seeking that goes on. Textbook publishers essentially bribe academia for the right to rip off their students by providing courses with testing and academic services that are tied to a license in a new textbook that the student is required to buy.
- Talanes 1y ago>An opposite extreme would be something like AAA games. There's further extremes still: sharing a game made by a solo-developer who's only compensation comes from sales is less ethical than sharing a game made by a team who were paid a salary while they worked.