Author Toby Green acknowledges that while others were bickering about other ways to sort of open up open-access-type journals, they are all already dwarfed by the fact that Sci-Hub pretty much already has all the articles.
Green then goes on an analogy involving how some airlines have “unbundled” their tickets, making consumers pay extra for add’l baggage, more seat room, drinks, food, etc. Green says that maybe publishers should switch to a similar approach, where journals are free to read, but additional premiums would cost money.
Quick summary:
Author Toby Green acknowledges that while others were bickering about other ways to sort of open up open-access-type journals, they are all already dwarfed by the fact that Sci-Hub pretty much already has all the articles.
Green then goes on an analogy involving how some airlines have “unbundled” their tickets, making consumers pay extra for add’l baggage, more seat room, drinks, food, etc. Green says that maybe publishers should switch to a similar approach, where journals are free to read, but additional premiums would cost money.
Thanks, I attempted to read this and felt like I was missing enough context that doing so was annoying. Appreciate the summary.