Interesting sum-up of the JSTOR battle, and paid-by-taxpayer academic papers
being sold.
http://www.badscience.net/2011/09/academic-papers-are-hidden-from-the-public-heres-some-direct-action/
The article admits that there are reasons for pay-walls when the site "adds
value" by scanning old papers for example. But they, like most of us I
think, believe there are other ways to make papers available and allow JSTOR
and their like flourish.
I think its simple: if the papers are pay-walled for long enough, pressure
will develop, and either a Wiki-Leaks stunt will occur, or China and/or
India will just hack the sites so that their students have free access.
-- Owen
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