Dutch Academics Declare Research Free-For-All

houghi writes "The register reports how the Dutch open up their research to the rest of the world. It goes on to tell that commercial scientific publishers such as Elsevier Science are not happy with it. Will other countries and universities follow, or will they stick to the idea that knowledge is a commodity?"

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Technology advances

[Pig Hogger]

It's just a question of technology advance. When printing was invented, it lowered the cost of making a book, since it involved less monks (and monasteries).

Now, myself, for $40 a month, I have my own server at home on which I can publish what I want. It's much cheaper than printing and distributing my own magazine.

Those guys are just taking advantage of technological advances that enable one to publish without the expense of a printing press and delivery trucks (not to mention sucking-up to newsstands - or distributors).