• Apepollo11@lemmy.world
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        32 minutes ago

        Apologies if you’re not, but surely you can see why I thought you were?

        1. Pro-capitalism
        2. Eng(US) spelling

        When I was a lecturer, I contacted authors of papers on two occasions (to update slide decks - the papers in question were pay-walled), and both just forwarded the relevant paper on to me. They were both British, which again makes me think there’s a culture difference here.

        I think for transparency, and to avoid confusion, it’s worth pointing to everyone out that authors don’t get paid for submissions. This isn’t like book publishing. The publishers take other people’s work and then make money off that. That’s their business model.