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Re:That $35 that scientific journals charge goes 100% to pub... by cptaj on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @04:53PM (#17657013)
On one hand you have free journals out there and on the other entertainment companies producing billions of dollars worth of content for less money charged to their consumers.

These people spend 0 on content and their infrastructure is easily rivaled by free alternatives.

He is in no way downplaying anything. The whole thing is ridiculous.

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Re:That $35 that scientific journals charge goes 100% to pub... by Vinnl on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @03:31AM (#17660342)
Those journals do a lot less. I'm not saying that the other stuff is worth doing, but at least it's something they're doing - there's no need to brush that aside.
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