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He downloaded at least two million documents.

So there is at least 2 million scientific documents that publishers are profiting from withholding.

I'm not generally anti-copyright, but I believe the profits publishers make on scientific publishing are unconscionable - not only do they impede progress, but in many cases (eg, medical research) they cost lives.



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