Re: [LIS-Forum] Sci-Hub
As far as I could understand, the author questions about availability of a similar platform like Netflix for academia where all the journal content providers put their content and let individuals subscribe and access the content. Netflix and other platforms came into existence due to the failure of earlier business model(outdated) of content distribution that was highly challenged by piracy. Also the consumers wanted to pay for only the content they really use. The author is inquisitive of, why academic content providers can't build such platforms and are still stuck to old business model of dissemination? Regards Vinit Kumar, PhD Assistant Professor Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar 9454120174 On Sep 9, 2017 2:08 PM, "Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy" <vyasamoorthy@gmail.com> wrote: Can some body explain this in simpler terms? Thanks Medium: Science, open access… and Sci-Hub
<https://medium.com/enrique-dans/science-open-access-and- sci-hub-1f6b49540441>. "As with the content industry, the important thing is not whether a site is open access or not: what matters is to challenge outdated business models. Content publishers began to have problems when technology developed better and more efficient ways of accessing material and they began to stop having them when a wide range of simple and relatively inexpensive ways to access content appeared: Spotify, Netflix or whatever. There is no reason why the same dynamics should not apply to academia, and that the hundreds of journals that feed off scholars and institutions with high-priced subscriptions will find ways to disseminate scientific material that match their need for a reasonable level of profitability, while making science readily available to all."
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Dear All, Netflix like a solution already exists in the scholarly world, but concentrating mainly on non-academic researchers. The service 'Deepdyve' provides rental service for journal articles, wherein individuals can access unlimited articles for a monthly/yearly rent with limited printing options. I think in the days to come this kind of a business model will thrive. More @ https://www.deepdyve.com Here is the recent related post appeared in 'Liblicense' discussion forum. ----------------------------------------------- From: William Park <wpark@deepdyve.com> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 17:11:02 -0700 Hi Linda, Thanks for your questions regarding DeepDyve. You are quite right in that we have been fairly quiet on this list, largely because our focus is on serving non-academic researchers (primarily in small to mid-sized businesses) which is often outside the topics most frequently discussed here. In terms of our content, our holdings now include full-text, read-only access to over 15 million articles spanning over 12K titles with about 75% of those titles in science and technology. As you gather more feedback, I’d be happy to speak with you directly about our service at your convenience. Kind regards, Bill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William Park CEO, DeepDyve www.deepdyve.com ------------------------------------------------------- Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar@igidr.ac.in ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 9:31 PM, Vinit Kumar <vinitbhu06@gmail.com> wrote:
As far as I could understand, the author questions about availability of a similar platform like Netflix for academia where all the journal content providers put their content and let individuals subscribe and access the content.
Netflix and other platforms came into existence due to the failure of earlier business model(outdated) of content distribution that was highly challenged by piracy. Also the consumers wanted to pay for only the content they really use.
The author is inquisitive of, why academic content providers can't build such platforms and are still stuck to old business model of dissemination?
Regards Vinit Kumar, PhD Assistant Professor Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar 9454120174
On Sep 9, 2017 2:08 PM, "Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy" <vyasamoorthy@gmail.com> wrote:
Can some body explain this in simpler terms? Thanks
Medium: Science, open access… and Sci-Hub
<https://medium.com/enrique-dans/science-open-access-and- sci-hub-1f6b49540441>. "As with the content industry, the important thing is not whether a site is open access or not: what matters is to challenge outdated business models. Content publishers began to have problems when technology developed better and more efficient ways of accessing material and they began to stop having them when a wide range of simple and relatively inexpensive ways to access content appeared: Spotify, Netflix or whatever. There is no reason why the same dynamics should not apply to academia, and that the hundreds of journals that feed off scholars and institutions with high-priced subscriptions will find ways to disseminate scientific material that match their need for a reasonable level of profitability, while making science readily available to all."
Dr P Vyasamoorthy 040-27846631 / 09490804278
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