Re: re: I think the advantage is supposed to be ...
"That's no different to saying that thieves operate a better service than the original manufacturers."
The journals get their material written for free, edited for free and refereed for free. Then they sell it back to the sorts of people who wrote, edited and refereed it and, they hope, will write, edit and referee the next issue.
I'm finding it difficult to decide just where to place the idea of theft here, especially when I see JStor charging for access to stuff I wrote for a very cheaply produced and distributed publication.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
