In a recent Guardian (UK) article The Royal Society complains about scientist uploading their work to university online archives, where the information can be read, for free, online. The article says, in part:
- ‘A spokesman for the Royal Society said: "We think it conceivable that the journals in some disciplines might suffer. Why would you pay to subscribe to a journal if the papers appear free of charge?‘
I don’t read their publication. Most of my information about the society has to do with Benjamin Franklin. I know they are quoted as an authority on this and that. What this article is saying, basically, is that they don’t want the information to be free because they would rather you pay to see it in their publication and that they should have the editorial control about what goes out and what doesn’t.
A bother on them and their house. Magazines publish history by today’s standards. By the time the information gets into the publication most people seeking it have already found it on the web. Granted, what is on the web needs to be sorted through to get to what’s real, but that’s life in general, isn’t it?
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