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Re:Academics sharing paywalled papers with a codeword on Twi... by k2enemy on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @10:28AM (#10425612)
No, everyone hates it. But that is the equilibrium that we're in. Everyone wishes we were in a different equilibrium with open-access online journals, but that's the tricky thing about equilibria -- nobody wants to unilaterally deviate from the status quo.

Some fields (like math) seem to be pulling it off, but it takes a group of leaders in the field to coordinate a change in publishing models.

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