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Some great turns of phrase in this short article, including this: "Just as midwives can earn a living without claiming ownership or control of the babies they deliver, publishers can and should be paid a fair price by the sponsors of the research - a 'midwife's fee' - for their role in orchestrating peer-review, editing and disseminating the results. But they should not be given the baby - our baby - to own and control."

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