[Buddha-l] the cost of knowledge

[M.B. Schiekel]

Dear all,

if you are publishing or refereeing in Elsevier-journals and don't like
the Elsevier-rules, please have a look at:
  http://www.thecostofknowledge.com/

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Academics have protested against Elsevier's business practices for years
with little effect. These are some of their objections:
They charge exorbitantly high prices for subscriptions to
individual journals.

In the light of these high prices, the only realistic option for many
libraries is to agree to buy very large "bundles", which will include
many journals that those libraries do not actually want. Elsevier thus
makes huge profits by exploiting the fact that some of their journals
are essential.

They support measures such as SOPA, PIPA and the Research Works Act,
that aim to restrict the free exchange of information.

The key to all these issues is the right of authors to achieve
easily-accessible distribution of their work. If you would like to
declare publicly that you will not support any Elsevier journal unless
they radically change how they operate, then you can do so by filling in
your details in the box below.
</citation>


in metta,
bernhard

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