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<div>Not bad, except in economic terms, food is a private good (it is rivalrous and can be excluded, and can only be consumed only once), whereas publicly-funded research results (articles, data) on digital networks are public goods (they are non-rival and
difficult or inefficient to exclude, since the value increases with use). So the situation is actually much worse than the analogy leads one to conclude.</div>
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<font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> goal-bounces@eprints.org [goal-bounces@eprints.org] On Behalf Of CHARLES OPPENHEIM [c.oppenheim@btinternet.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 10, 2012 6:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> GlobalOpen Access List ( Successor of Am Sci)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [GOAL] Nice blog post on OA<br>
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<div><span>http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/feb/10/parable-farmers-teleporting-duplicator?CMP=twt_gu</span></div>
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<div><span>Very nice analogy!</span></div>
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<div><span>Charles</span></div>
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<div>Professor Charles Oppenheim</div>
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