Was Elsevier the first to paywall open access articles? | Paywall Watch
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Summary:
"The earliest report to our knowledge of paywalled open access, whereby publishers charge merely to access or read 'open access' articles, was by Peter Murray-Rust who observed in August 2013 that Elsevier were charging 31.50 USD per article to some readers to access "open access" articles."