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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by Spivak on Thursday July 27, 2017 @03:33PM (#14868617)
Yeah, but open access is just 'stuff the cost of publishing into the grant application' and because journals make money for each work published it encourages rubber stamp reviewing and publishing noise.

Open access is probably a net good, but it just shifts the costs around.

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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by jabl on Friday July 28, 2017 @03:29AM (#14872609)
There's stuff like the fair open access manifesto: https://fairoa.org/ .

I suppose that's partly a backlash against predatory open access journals that publish any rubbish as long as (significant) fees are paid..

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