<div dir="ltr">The movement uses argumentum ad populum, stating only the advantages of providing free access to research and failing to point out the drawbacks (predatory publishers, fees charged to authors, and low-quality articles). <b><font color="#ff0000">It’s hard to argue against “free”—and free access is the chief selling point of open-access publishing—but open-access promoters don’t like to talk about who has to pay.</font></b><div><br><a href="http://www.aaup.org/article/what-open-access-movement-doesn%E2%80%99t-want-you-know#.VVruiXW1FBd">http://www.aaup.org/article/what-open-access-movement-doesn%E2%80%99t-want-you-know#.VVruiXW1FBd</a></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><font color="#0000ff">​Also see:  <a href="http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Self-Hosting_Value_Proposition">http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Self-Hosting_Value_Proposition</a></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">​</div><br></div></div>