Subject: Public institutions should not be party to unethical practices

Friends,

This paper may be of interest to you.


 It tells you how unscrupulous commercial publishers are selling the same products at different prices to different institutions.

 Also, I don't understand why Indian government and government-aided institutions who use taxpayers' money to subscribe to journals and databases meekly and unethically accept the non-disclosure agreements dictated by the publishers. Do you sign such agreements when you buy a car or a shirt? 

Please read the article and tell me what you think of it.

Thanks and with warm regards,

Subbiah Arunachalam