[Open-access] NPG plan to charge significantly MORE for CC BY

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Outrageous press release from Nature Publishing Group today.

They're explicitly charging more to authors who want CC BY Gold OA,
relative to more restrictive licenses such as CC BY-NC-SA.
Here's my quick take on it:
http://rossmounce.co.uk/2012/11/07/gold-oa-pricewatch/
More money, for absolutely no extra work.

Horrid :(


Ross


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