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0 pointswolfgke10y ago0 comments

> What Elsevier does should be illegal.

So you lobby for an abolishment of the copyright laws - interesting idea...

Indeed: It is quite impossible to claim that "what Elsevier does should be illegal" and not standing up for an abolishment of the existing copyright laws.

On the other hand: The copyleft free software licenses currently only work because of the copyright laws. Keep that in mind...

As you can see, your simple statement has deep consequences. I personally rather think, what many academics do, should be illegal. Here the consequences are far less radical...

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return010y ago

> So you lobby for an abolishment of the copyright laws

EDIT: to agree and amplify your comment:

In this case the copyright is dubious in the first place. Authors who work with public money should not have exclusive copyrights of the work they produce within this arrangement.

wolfgkeOP10y ago

That is why I wrote "I personally rather think, what many academics do, should be illegal.".

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