No one is selling their research through these papers. Researchers have to pay to publish their findings, and other researchers have to pay to access them. The

No one is selling their research through these papers. Researchers have to pay to publish their findings, and other researchers have to pay to access them. The only ones benefiting from this insane state of affairs are the journals, who are actively hampering the scientific process in the age of the internet. > Shouldn't they have the right to sell their findings? These companies make profit by selling actual products, and by patenting what findings may be profitable. I don't think they can even begin to recoup their R&D expenses by selling papers... On the other hand, open science benefits everyone. It makes public research that much more efficient and allows private actors to make the most out of it.