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University research is funded by the state in germany. Research results should thus live in the public domain.

I have no pity for those artificial paywall companies, benefiting from research funded with tax money. This model needs to change - fast. And the change should be supported by legislation.

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This. A lot of long term research worldwide is publicly funded and the status quo of the scientific journals (that once had their place in a world with high communication barriers and costs) needs to be seriously shaken up. That plus the huge business around scientific conferences with most speakers having to pay to be able to present their findings.

But I guess the whole model in the scientific community might need rethinking. Most people are only worried publishing because that is the only measure that matters at the moment...

> Research results should thus live in the public domain.

Yes but not by paying humongous Open Access fees to publishers.

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