Critics say a directive to make federally funded research immediately free to the public could violate authors’ copyrights. It could also disrupt the $19 billion academic publishing industry.

Oh those sad, sorry publishers. It’ll be so hard on them if they can’t make as many billion dollars per year off publicly funded research. How will they ever survive on less than $19 billion?

FTA:

Although open-access advocates and library groups support the move, opponents argue the new policy will limit researchers’ ability to maintain control of their published work—and cut into the $19 billion academic publishing industry’s profit margins.

  • Uncle_AbbieEnglish
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    19 days ago

    Typically your work belongs to the person who pays you for it. So it seems to me that if it’s paid for by the public, then it’s owned by the public.