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Tuesday, June 24, 2003

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Scientists take on big publishers by making science public domain

Okay, so they've obviously never heard of interlibrary loan. But still, doesn't it seem strange that we pay taxes so the government makes grants, that go to scientists at public universities, but then some publisher holds all the rights? Or a pharmaceutical company benefits, but then markets their product at prices so high that the people who really need it can't afford it? Oops...that's the closet socialist coming out, isn't it?

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