The British publishing industry is fighting back against JISC open access initiatives. They write, for example, that "The report in question, based on controversial work commissioned by JISC from Australian economist John Houghton, compelled STM, the PA and ALPSP jointly to write this letter to JISC Executive Secretary Dr Malcolm Read restating our concerns about Houghton's work and its derivatives." The publishers' letter argues that concerns about access are over-stated, and that downloading published articles is actually very inexpensive. Needless to say, the JISC list lit up in response. As Charles Oppenheim says, "We have repeatedly asked publishers who criticise the report to come up with their own models or data. They have failed to do so. If they want to criticise a scholarly report, the way to do so is to publish their own results."
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