MY BODY IS READY

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• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As detailed in the complaint, the defendants’ alleged scheme has three main components. First, an agreement to fix the price of peer review services at zero that includes an agreement to coerce scholars into providing their labor for nothing by expressly linking their unpaid labor with their ability to get their manuscripts published in the defendants’ preeminent journals.

  Second, the publisher defendants agreed not to compete with each other for manuscripts by requiring scholars to submit their manuscripts to only one journal at a time, which substantially reduces competition by removing incentives to review manuscripts promptly and publish meritorious research quickly.

  Third, the publisher defendants agreed to prohibit scholars from freely sharing the scientific advancements described in submitted manuscripts while those manuscripts are under peer review, a process that often takes over a year. As the complaint notes, “From the moment scholars submit manuscripts for publication, the Publisher Defendants behave as though the scientific advancements set forth in the manuscripts are their property, to be shared only if the Publisher Defendant grants permission. Moreover, when the Publisher

  www.lieffcabraser.com/…/academic-journals/

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  • RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fuck me, I never thought I would live to see the day. And all of it so much on point. Please be successful.

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieff_Cabraser

    Elizabeth Cabraser is a prominent gay leader, and the firm has been active on gay rights issues, most prominently 2008 California Proposition 8. The firm has also been involved in antitrust litigation against several Silicon Valley firms and has supported donor disclosure laws.

    There’s hope! These guys are good.

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Straight to the PDF: lieffcabraser.com/…/AcademicPublicationsComplaint…

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• KingGordon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fuck Elsevier. Standing in the way of human progress.

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• ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Did they style their firm’s logo after those “look I’m a fan of a thing” t-shirts

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  • friendly_ghost@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Needs a few more ampersands and it’s exactly that

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• friendly_ghost@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Great but what about your abstract

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