TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months agoWhen corporations scrape academic papers, it's justified. When individuals do it, it's inexcusable.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up11.25Karrow-down19
arrow-up11.24Karrow-down1imageWhen corporations scrape academic papers, it's justified. When individuals do it, it's inexcusable.lemmy.mlTheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down11·2 months agoAint jstor a private enterprise?
minus-squareNatanox@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73·2 months agoIt’s a US “non-profit”. One that demands 19$ per article which they merely provide as aggregator, they don’t own shit. Utterly absurd.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·2 months agoNon profit here merely means they are exemot from US income taxes so they are grifting even hardrr on us. MIT is grifting in a similar but bigger manner.
minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoWhich means they’re adding profit margin to the otherwise zero marginal cost of said information good.
Aint jstor a private enterprise?
It’s a US “non-profit”. One that demands 19$ per article which they merely provide as aggregator, they don’t own shit.
Utterly absurd.
Non profit here merely means they are exemot from US income taxes so they are grifting even hardrr on us.
MIT is grifting in a similar but bigger manner.
Which means they’re adding profit margin to the otherwise zero marginal cost of said information good.