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SteveEisenberg · 01-30-2019, 08:42 PM

The TorrentFreak article summarizing the research is free, which is fair enough given that it provides no real evidence for the thesis.

The research itself is US$10.00 for 25 pages.

Decades ago, I recall reading that micropayment systems would reduce individual article cost to maybe 10 cents. I would pay that, even though something tells me this isn't a great achievement of economic science.

So why is it $10 to download one article? And why is a subscription $210 a year for four paper issues ($425 for libraries). Not enough people pirating the MIS Quarterly?

01-30-2019, 08:42 PM	#13
SteveEisenberg Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,436 Karma: 43514536 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: near Philadelphia USA Device: Kindle Kids Edition, Fire HD 10 (11th generation)	The TorrentFreak article summarizing the research is free, which is fair enough given that it provides no real evidence for the thesis. The research itself is US$10.00 for 25 pages. Decades ago, I recall reading that micropayment systems would reduce individual article cost to maybe 10 cents. I would pay that, even though something tells me this isn't a great achievement of economic science. So why is it $10 to download one article? And why is a subscription $210 a year for four paper issues ($425 for libraries). Not enough people pirating the MIS Quarterly?