[Taxacom] Thinnest budget [was caterpillar]?

[Frederick W. Schueler]

Donat Agosti wrote:
> 
> Beware though, that for the AU$40 for the article for those not in an
> academic institution you do not get to see any caterpillar image but two
> color images of the imago and an egg.
> 
> Would be helpful if the public could get access to the research data 
> itself, for example through a creative common's open access licence. 
> This certainly would contribute for a better appreciation of science, 
> and would help many
> of the amateur entomologists as well.

* does anyone know the reason for the very high charges for online
access to articles in certain journals and consortia of journals? Surely
these prevent anyone who's interested in the work from ordering such an
article, when the authors can provide a copy gratis, but if the
journal's fee was $1 rather than $35 many people might pay it. Are the
high fees tied to extracting photocopying licenses from institutional
libraries, or some other epiphenominal legality?

fred.
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