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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I object because my public funds were used to pay for most of these papers. Publishers shouldn’t behave as if they own it.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 months ago

That's true. I was actually thinking/talking about this practice in general, not specifically with regards to Elsevier.

I definitely agree that scientific journals as they are today are unacceptable.