The proposed archive-access policy would make a scan freely downloadable after a researcher had paid for digitization. It could allow the first purchaser six months of exclusive access before publication. The objection is to repeated charges for digital copies of material whose digitization has already been funded. This is a personal preference for how access should work, with no existing entitlement to a free copy claimed.
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Should a paid-for scan become freely available?
A researcher-funded scan prompts a proposal for subsequent free public access.