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RE: My full comments for Inside Higher Ed's article "Where Research Meets Profits"
My university (and quite a few other European universities aswell) has recently changed its politics regarding publications. Now, they require us to publish open access and they also pay the fees. I think this is great from two points of view: a) copyright problems with self-archiving are prevented and b) studies that were paid for by tax payers should (imo) be freely accessible by tax payers.
That's great! In the longterm, it will be cheaper for libraries to pay APCs for open access rather than having to subscribe to toll access journals.
What university are you at?
University of Vienna, Austria. Open access is getting a big topic in the EU, with legislators pushing for indroducing respective rules in grant funding etc.
How's the situation in the US in that regard?
But obvisously, this is just one of many problems. Researchers doing peer reviews for free, while their employers (universities) have to pay fees to access the same manuscripts is another huge story on its own.
The situation in the U.S. is improving. Libraries are finally willing to cancel subscriptions, which I think will push journals towards open access business models. IMO this is largely due to Sci-Hub. But also Europe's lead on Plan S has set an example of how funders should be more proactive in requiring access to the outputs they fund.