Academic publishers charge vast fees to access research paid for by us. Down with the knowledge monopoly racketeers.
Who are the most ruthless capitalists in the western world? Whose monopolistic practices make Walmart look like a corner shop and Rupert Murdoch a socialist? You won’t guess the answer in a month of Sundays. While there are plenty of candidates, my vote goes not to the banks, the oil companies or the health insurers, but – wait for it – to academic publishers. Theirs might sound like a fusty and insignificant sector. It is anything but. Of all corporate scams, the racket they run is most urgently in need of referral to the competition authorities. …
Ganzer Artikel: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-murdoch-socialist