Not really force, but it's often the case that in order to publish in a given journal you have to sign a copyright transfer. Here's a neat story about how it ca

Not really force, but it's often the case that in order to publish in a given journal you have to sign a copyright transfer. Here's a neat story about how it can and does go wrong: http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2014/01/28/setting-the-record-straight-about-elsevier/ http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2014/01/28/setting-t...