I find this debate just stupid. It's obvious that public availability of academic articles is in the interest of the nation as a whole, and it should therefore be government subsidized. This is the kind of stuff that should be in a library, people. Freely available to anybody. Economic restrictions on the availability of objective scientific information is no better than outright censorship. Having to pay outrageous subscription fees is stupid. So is having researchers pay to get articles in the journal. Just subsidize the damn system. There's just no excuse not to, especially in light of the fact that publication cost on the internet is bloody trivial.
Yet Another Instance of Market Forces Not Solving Everything.
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