[clarkmoody]

> What is your objection to simply solving the problem?

Perhaps I don't know a perfect solution, but I know that top-down solutions often produce negative unintended consequences.

> rent seeking middle men who provide no value

I hate rent seeking and would love to see it eliminated from all sectors of the economy. But non-rent-seeking middle men often provide immense value to society, which is why they exist in the first place.

> slavishly devoted

Do you insult everyone you encounter online?

> Why is it unreasonable to have public funds go to publicly-available research?

I never said this was unreasonable, merely that it's complicated.

Of course, my "Silicon Valley economics" approach would be to start with a reduction in copyright regulations and privileges (along with patents for that matter).

[madhadron]

This is a situation where it's not complicated. A number of fields have simply stripped the commercial journals out of their midst. It works beautifully.