[hackuser]

> The problem is that the funds from 2 and 3 do not fund the research, they fund the parasites that make 1 more expensive

Speaking generally, paying for someone else's profit is essential to the free market. Without profit, much less would get done.

Speaking about this case in particular, knowledge, at least much of scientific knowledge, should not be sold at whatever prices the market will bear, which is what these publications seem to be moving toward. Imagine the prices you could demand for knowledge of immunizations, relativity, DNA, law, history, etc. (if they weren't already publicly available). Imagine the disruption to science, to the advance of knowledge, and the incredible cost to humanity if only a few with enough money could access these ideas.