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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
How copyright interacts with scientific & academic research is a bit of a mess; separating the creative format from the raw data is complicated. But there are indeed hundreds of scientific journals that don't allow their articles to be copied around freely.
More sharing would allow more research--but potentially discourage publication; why should a researcher publish widely when he could publish just in his university for the same amount of pay?
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For non-textbook publishing (that is the publishing that drives scientific innovation) you never get paid for publishing. You have to pay a lot to be able to read what is published. Of course a researcher would like to be published in a lot of places since it increases the readership and increases the chances to get cited. And being cited is important for getting money.
I would say that copyright and the current system with journals that are very expensive is hindering scientific innovation.