“Please pay $800 to read this article”: An open letter to paywall companies
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| Materyal Türü: | artículo original |
| Durum: | Versión publicada |
| Yayın Tarihi: | 2018 |
| Diğer Bilgiler: | 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. |
| Ülke: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Kurum: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Dil: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/32238 |
| Online Erişim: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/32238 |
| Anahtar Kelime: | scientific development fair trade injustice in science Third World economies. |