Close fans of Ben Goldacre may well have read this. http://www.badscience.net/2011/09/academic-papers-are-hidden-from-the-public-heres-some-direct-action/
So if a bloke in bicycle helmet and an american accent sidles up to you in a pub and offers you few million academic journals for a pint or two... it might be a bit dodgy...
Also there is an interesting read about the academic publishing industry from Saturday's Guardian - mentioned in Ben's article. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-murdoch-socialist - not sure I'm with the author on the socialist Murdoch bit myself...
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Andy
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