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Scientific publications/journals are highly ineffective, but what is the alternative? The current system is so entrenched in the politics of science - you need publications in respectable journals to advance your career or to get grants. It's going to be very difficult to break.
Is it any surprise that the fed is attacking torrent sites? Even a tech news site puts incorrect titles on its news articles.
He didn't upload papers to the Pirate Bay, he uploaded a 165kb torrent file to the Pirate Bay.
It may sound like semantics but it has real legal repercussions.
Scientific publications/journals are highly ineffective, but what is the alternative? The current system is so entrenched in the politics of science - you need publications in respectable journals to advance your career or to get grants. It's going to be very difficult to break.
It's difficult, but it's already working. PLoS journals are actually quite reputable, currently.
It's interesting to note that the person who created this torrent, Greg Maxwell, is not trying to remain anonymous, he put his name and email into the torrent description.
Why should we have to pay for a scientific paper if it was produced by a public funded institution?
What's the long term effect on the spread and advancement of knowledge if access is restricted and "gamed" for profit?
If he's sued (against assuming I properly understand the issues here) I'll probably contribute to his defence because he's acting in everyone's interest.
Scientific publications/journals are highly ineffective, but what is the alternative? The current system is so entrenched in the politics of science - you need publications in respectable journals to advance your career or to get grants. It's going to be very difficult to break.
Scientific publications/journals are highly ineffective, but what is the alternative? The current system is so entrenched in the politics of science - you need publications in respectable journals to advance your career or to get grants. It's going to be very difficult to break.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Library_of_Science It's difficult, but it's already working. PLoS journals are actually quite reputable, currently.
Locking in of the worlds historical knowledge is even worse, I think, than locking in current research. The economic return to the holders of the keys to the garden have no moral or legal right to assert control over the this knowledge, when their articles of incorporation most likely expose the oposite of their actions. These organizations are greedy wholesale hypocrites.