Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

Summary, review and publishers' criticism of the movie "Paywall: The Business of Scholarship." According to the file, "the publishing industry has been able to thrive because it has taken advantage of the people who provide its core product -- researchers." But the article responds, "Of around 70 people featured in the film, just a handful work for for-profit publishers like Springer-Nature or the American Association for the Advancement of Science -- and they don't get much screen time." Oh good, I'm looking forward to the new balanced perspective publishers will offer in their contributions to this debate.

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