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<br /></span>Dear All,
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<b>Taxpayers paid for the research. We deserve to be able to access the
results.</b>
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<br />> The main point to emphasize is that taxpayers are
entitled to access the results of the research our tax dollars fund. >Taxpayers
should be allowed to immediately access and fully reuse the results of publicly
funded research.
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<br />I would put it differently. The taxpayers should be allowed access, but most of them would not be interested.
<br />But with toll access, taxpayers actually pay for the research twice. Once when it is done, and once again when
<br />other researchers, funded by them as well, read it. So:
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<br /></font><font size="2"><b>Taxpayers paid for the research. They should not pay twice.</b></font>
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<br />Andras
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Andras Holl / Holl Andras
e-mail: holl@konkoly.hu
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Konkoly Observatory / MTA CsKI Tel.: +36 1
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IT manager / Szamitastechn. rendszervez. Mail: H1525 POBox 67, Budapest, Hungary
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