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Civil Disobedience of Copyright Keeps Science Going (www.eff.org)
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Unless publishing gatekeepers adopt drastically more equitable practices and become partners in disseminating knowledge, they will continue to lose ground to open access alternatives, legal or otherwise.

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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago

Academic publishing is a racket. Universities need to open their own free and open source journals and trade on their reputations.