“Please pay $800 to read this article”: An open letter to paywall companies
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2018 |
| Beskrivelse: | Significant amounts of economic resources are spent by poor countries for access to scientific information that is blocked by pay-walls, and when fees are corrected for local economies, they can be the equivalent of hundreds of dollars per article. Pay-walls, is controlled by a small group of companies in rich countries, block knowledge from the societies that need it most. These companies should adjust their fees according to local economies: this would be fairer and would benefit everyone, including the same companies. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Sprog: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/32238 |
| Online adgang: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/32238 |
| Palabra clave: | scientific development fair trade injustice in science Third World economies. |