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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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[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If $1 of public money was involved in a study, its results should be public domain.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Okay but then how will the corporate goblins exploit us by land lording it?

[–] anzo@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Let's have the scientists' and governments' patents sold to them for pennies!! /s

No, no, the scientists owe the companies. For, uh.

The scientists owe the companies!