• feannag@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I think academia is entirely different from news. This is research often funded with public money where the article fees aren’t going to the author. Seems a lot more reasonable to demand that the public should be able to read it for free.

    • T156@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      And in some cases, the author also paid the publisher, so they’re dipping into things from either end.