> We're all about open access to the world's academic research. Is this really true? academia.edu seems to me to be a walled garden, essentially linkedin for

> We're all about open access to the world's academic research. Is this really true? academia.edu seems to me to be a walled garden, essentially linkedin for professors. It's true that I can download one paper at a time -- after I have signed up -- but can I download all of them in bulk? Can I easily rehost all my papers elsewhere? Can I view papers without signing up? Can I download your social graph?