The so-called "free rider" problem

[Heather Morrison <heatherm@eln.bc.ca>]

I have heard it said, as an argument against open access, that there is a
"free rider" problem - that corporations would benefit from research
funded by taxpayers.  One small problem with this argument:  corporations
pay taxes too!  As taxpayers, corporations have just as much right to read
the results of taxpayer-funded research as every other taxpayer.

For more details, see my post, "Open Access Funding:  the so-called "Free
Rider" problem: https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/2338.html

cheers,

Heather Morrison
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com