Open Access is a business

"It wasn’t originally supposed to be a business, not in the beginning. If you look at the Bethesda, Budapest and Berlin statements, I doubt you’ll find any detailed business models or conspiracy plans. But once publishers, researchers and libraries got involved, I think it was only a matter of time before we saw business rear it’s head. The two most recent US bills introduced: SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act, and RWA – the Research Works Act, are examples of why OA is a business. Both of these bills are targeting content that lies outside of the traditional publishing environment. Content that used to be controlled solely by a small number of companies, some private and some public...."