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And You Didn't Even Consider What Was Best for the Data

Aug 29, 2007

Since the open-access versus traditional publishing debate can get pretty tense, GTO recommends heading over to the PISD Coalition website, which has some genuinely hilarious publishing-model satire. Claiming to represent a number of big traditional publishers, PISD says:

"After undergoing extensive mediation and couples counseling, the PISD Coalition can confidently assert that scientific information does not want to be free. It wants to stay just where it is: safe and warm in the Reed Elsevier vaults, protected by the long arm of intellectual property law, earning massive profits for traditional publishers."

There's also a great explanation of how crafty scientists take advantage of publishers by signing up to get all the perks afforded to unpaid reviewers.

 

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