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Crisis for publishers
¡Ease of publication allows more information to be free
lAnd for people to break copyright
(perhaps accidentally)
(perhaps accidentally)
¡Ease of accessing (free) information deters users from accessing more cumbersome-to-use sources
lc.f., Zipf’s law
¡Traditional functions of publishers are taken on by free services
lFree e-journals do rigorous peer review
lSearch engines act as distributor