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How many different paywalls are there and how many articles are trapped? I'm able to access 5 different databases + one of the biggest research libraries in my state and there are still often articles that are simply inacessible. Or even more ridiculous: Single chapters of a book sometimes cost up to $ 20 online, even if the complete book could be bought for $ 30...

In my mind an easier way to disrupt this system would be to create a p2p site for article sharing - this often takes place informally anyway. Just a place where you could ask "Does anyone have article..." and then a friendly person would upload it to some filehoster and shares the link.




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