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moomba on Jan 24, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: ACM considered harmful

Whenever I see the paywall come up when browsing the internet, I get the sick feeling I've been redirected to some Ponzi Scheme. Charging $15 for a 10 year old paper can be thought of nothing other than ridiculous.

jacquesm on Jan 24, 2011 [–]

It's the long tail of publishing. What is more interesting is what all the money they make like that ends up doing, where do the proceeds end up?

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