TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 28 days agoWhen corporations scrape academic papers, it's justified. When individuals do it, it's inexcusable.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up11.25Karrow-down19
arrow-up11.24Karrow-down1imageWhen corporations scrape academic papers, it's justified. When individuals do it, it's inexcusable.lemmy.mlTheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareIunnrais@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up191arrow-down1·28 days agoJust let anyone scrape it all for any reason. It’s science. Let it be free.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down11·28 days agoAint jstor a private enterprise?
minus-squareNatanox@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·28 days agoIt’s a US “non-profit”. One that demands 19$ per article which they merely provide as aggregator, they don’t own shit. Utterly absurd.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·27 days agoNon 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.
minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·27 days agoWhich means they’re adding profit margin to the otherwise zero marginal cost of said information good.
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.