JSTOR is an excellent resource used by millions of students, teachers and researchers all over the world. Academics very seldom get paid for publishing articles. In fact, they often have to pay journals a fee to get published. It's generally assumed that the academic has already received or will at some point in the future receive payment for their work through academic grants. For those who are in paid academic positions, writing and publishing is part of what they're being paid for.
Any attempt at painting JSTOR as a "bad guy" is pretty absurd. They're a non-profit organization that provides an invaluable service that most individual users don't pay for. They get free access through institutional affiliation. For those who don't have that sort of affiliation, many public libraries also make JSTOR available to card holders. On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Ana Valdes <[email protected]> wrote: > But according to what I read JSTOR is à very faulty database who dont pay to > the people whose articles are downloaded or to any peer reviews. I wanted > only to discuss the issue not to take part in à discussion about this guy > himself. > I think the "crime" of trying go into à secure network and conceal It's ide > titt is petty benign if we compared to the surveillance and censure put on us > by governenments and big corporations.. > Ana > > Skickat från min iPhone > > 21 jul 2011 kl. 16:15 skrev Pall Thayer <[email protected]>: > >> This case is being deliberately distorted by Swartz's own >> organization. If guilty, he should be prosecuted. Not for intending to >> make the JSTOR articles available to all but for his methods. >> >> This page: >> >> http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/support_aaron/ >> >> Makes no mention of the fact that he broke into a secured network and >> attempted to hide his identity to access the documents. It attempts to >> claim that he was indicted only for downloading an overabundance of >> material. This is absurd. I have no sympathy for this guy and will >> absolutely not support his actions. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Ana Valdés <[email protected]> wrote: >>> http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6554331/Papers_from_Philosophical_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society__fro >>> >>> -- >>> http://anavaldes.wordpress.com >>> http://passagenwerk.wordpress.com >>> http://caravia.stumbleupon.com >>> http://www.crusading.se >>> Gondolgatan 2 l tr >>> 12832 Skarpnäck >>> Sweden >>> tel +468-943288 >>> mobil 4670-3213370 >>> >>> >>> "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your >>> eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long >>> to return. >>> — Leonardo da Vinci >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ***************************** >> Pall Thayer >> artist >> http://www.this.is/pallit >> ***************************** >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- ***************************** Pall Thayer artist http://www.this.is/pallit ***************************** _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
