Elsevier attempted - successfully, for quite some time - to create a gate-keeping oligopoly by inserting it as a choke point into academic publishing while providing no real added value.
This isn't about copyright, because original authors are forced to pay-to-play.
In a genuine copyright market, creators are paid in exchange for exploitation of copyright.
If they have to pay up to sign over their rights, that's not a copyright issue - that's extortion.
This isn't about copyright, because original authors are forced to pay-to-play.
In a genuine copyright market, creators are paid in exchange for exploitation of copyright.
If they have to pay up to sign over their rights, that's not a copyright issue - that's extortion.