[GOAL] Re: The open access movement slips into closed mode

[Velterop]

What a rubbish argument! This can only be true of a small country with a 
disproportionally massive commercial scholarly publishing sector (that 
isn't avoiding taxes via some small island tax haven).

The Netherlands? Perhaps Britain? That's it.

Jan Velterop

On 30/12/2015 12:25, Richard Poynder wrote:
> As Keith Jeffery puts it, “We all know why the BOAI principles have 
> been progressively de-railed. One explanation given to me at an 
> appropriate political level was that the tax-take from commercial 
> publishers was greater than the cost of research libraries.” 
> http://bit.ly/1OslVFW.
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