[majormajor]

> These papers that have been paid for by tax payers and peer reviewed for free should be made freely available legally.

I strongly disagree with this. Labor has value, and we shouldn't let capital alone dictate ownership. The people who do the research are more important than the bureaucrats who signed the checks.

[mcguire]

The people doing the research don't get paid for publications. At all. Ever. It's just part of their job.