Paywall: The Business of Scholarship
Every year more than $25 billion flows to for-profit academic publishers, and the largest, Elsevier, earns profit margins higher than Apple, Facebook, or Google. Jason Schmitt’s documentary asks why research paid for by the public sits behind paywalls, and makes the case for open access to science and scholarship.
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“Paywall: The Business of Scholarship” by Jason Schmitt · Licensed under CC BY 4.0
How it was made
Released by its maker for free streaming and download under a Creative Commons license, in keeping with the open access it argues for.
- Live action
Filmed with a camera, with actors and real locations.
- Independent production
Made outside the major studio system.
Credits
- Director and producer
- Jason Schmitt
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