LONDON (Reuters) - The European Commission, which controls one of the world's largest science budgets, has backed calls for free access to publicly funded research in a move that could force a major change in the business model for publishers such as Reed Elsevier. "Taxpayers should not have to pay twice for scientific research and they need seamless access to raw data," said Neelie Kroes, European Commission vice-president for the Digital Agenda. The EC said on Tuesday that open access will be a "general principle" applied to grants awarded through the 80 billion euro ($97. ...
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