Bitcoin Crowdfunding for Ebola Research

" ... Pay walls are a particular problem with the recent outbreak of Ebolavirus. Independent scientists and researchers may not have the resources to access the genomic data published on the virus, and with something as serious Ebola, no one can be sure where a breakthrough might come from. 'This is really a heinous system of control,' says McKernan. 'You’re forced to pay for it but you can’t look at the results, basically,' says Let’s Talk Bitcoin! host Stephanie Murphy (incidentally, a Ph.D in biochemistry herself). In the old days of publishing, charging for access to the information was done in the form of subscriptions. This was justifiable in that there were considerable costs in producing the publications. But in present day, goes the logic of Mr. McKernan, nearly all costs are covered by the government, yet if a member of the general public wants access to the data that comes from a study after it has been peer-reviewed and published, they must pay a fee which is not justifiable ..."