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When corporations scrape academic papers, it's justified. When individuals do it, it's inexcusable.
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this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2024
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Just let anyone scrape it all for any reason. It’s science. Let it be free.
Aint jstor a private enterprise?
It's a US "non-profit". One that demands 19$ per article which they merely provide as aggregator, they don't own shit.
Utterly absurd.
Non profit here merely means they are exemot from US income taxes so they are grifting even hardrr on us.
MIT is grifting in a similar but bigger manner.
Which means they're adding profit margin to the otherwise zero marginal cost of said information good.