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[–] gharbeia@mastodon.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The problem would have been probably mitigated by had publishing in open access journals been more widespread among academics, where the papers would have a better chance at being copied and duplicated freely.
I wonder why this was never tackled by the author.
A youngman, Aaron Swarz, was pushed by major journals to end his life for attempting to practice digital preservation.