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In reply to the discussion: Something IS wrong here. [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)27. The journals who charge out the ass for those articles pay NOTHING
they don't pay the salaries of the professors or researchers who do the work. they pay honorariums, if any, to the people who compose the "peers" who review.
they pay a little bit to editors (very little) and they charge libraries outrageous fees.
fuck the journals.
fuck google, too, for getting university libraries to scan books For FREE AND THEN CHARGE PEOPLE to access them.
Swartz was railroaded b/c some fat ass in a three piece suit wanted the JD to make a lesson out of him.
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Some of us live in ignorant bliss. Others seek the truth. Those that seek the truth usually end up
rhett o rick
Jan 2013
#56
Swartz should have installed his own country club stooge buddies to run the SEC
Blue_Tires
Jan 2013
#3
Add to that the guy in California facing 10 years for providing pot to cancer patients.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#11
And as I type this response - some of the researchers are putting their research up
truedelphi
Jan 2013
#51
Libraries have been working on ways to stop this extortion from journal publishers
RainDog
Jan 2013
#54
"fuck google, too, for getting university libraries to scan books For FREE AND THEN CHARGE PEOPLE
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#59
The 'un-official' excuse is, it costs tens, if not hundreds of millions to run for public office.
Amonester
Jan 2013
#26
If you have video footage of Lloyd Blankfein concealing his face with a bike helmet,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#24
Hey, when "our guy" gets the keys to the Justice Department, things will change!
Romulox
Jan 2013
#37
So true. We worship the almighty dollar. Scientific knowledge should set us free.
McCamy Taylor
Jan 2013
#60
Hey guys: let's pretend that the Attorney General *doesn't* answer to the President.
Romulox
Jan 2013
#63