• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 hours ago

    The academic publishing grift is based on the same “IP” as proprietary software.

    Grift recognize grift.

  • Dreyns@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    Lmao generalise that attitude and trust me you throw away half of the papers out there.

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      6 hours ago

      For real. Academics are some of the most prolific pirates I’ve ever met. Usually out of necessity because we don’t pay them reasonably or value their work.

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        4 hours ago

        And when there is money it’s often earmarked in ways that severely restrict its use for, e.g., paying for software