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Re:The Rise of Pirate Libraries by jccalhoun on Saturday April 23, 2016 @04:44PM (#11557354)
While the cost for access to databases is quite high, it probably only a few dollars per student at most.
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Re:The Rise of Pirate Libraries by shubb on Saturday April 23, 2016 @07:27PM (#11557872)
Which is interesting in itself, because it means that they could offer affordable personal subscriptions without losing money.

So in fact huge journal subscription fees becomes a way to trap academic research in these institutions, rather than just journal greediness.

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