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Paywall: The Business of Scholarship

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201864 min
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Paywall: The Business of Scholarship is a documentary which focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Google.

Directed & Produced by: Jason Schmitt

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For more information or to view the original unedited file, visit the official repository at https://paywallthemovie.com.

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This documentary is distributed in strict accordance with its original open-access mission. The film is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0).

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This website is an independent platform funded by general advertisement revenue. The streaming of this educational documentary does not imply, constitute, or suggest that Director Jason Schmitt, Clarkson University, or any of the interviewed academic professionals sponsor or endorse this website or its advertising partners.

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