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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">In response to the press fanfare about making all
UK research OA within two years, 3 French learned societies warn French
policy-makers about imposing Gold OA (article processing charges) along these
lines in France. </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Being good mathematicians, they have done their
calculations and reveal the perverse effects of the system hidden under the name
of [Gold] Open Access publishing. </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"> Please see <FONT
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href="http://smai.emath.fr/IMG/pdf/Open_access_trois_societes-2.pdf">http://smai.emath.fr/IMG/pdf/Open_access_trois_societes-2.pdf</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hélène Bosc </FONT></DIV>
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