Publishers protest Biden's free research plan - E&E News by POLITICO
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Summary:
"The White House is directing agencies to make federally funded research free, a move that is getting pushback from publishers who are concerned it could tank their business models.
The new policy directive builds on a 2013 memo that made taxpayer-funded research public within a year of publication. The White House asserted that lifting the 12-month embargo would benefit environmental justice, clean energy technology and cancer research, among other areas.
But publishers were quick to object to the Biden plan. Many worry that such a policy would upend the scientific journal business model, which relies on hefty subscriptions...."