<div dir="ltr">Yes, basically, <b><font color="#ff0000">ASCE has declared that its own academic authors are a bunch of pirates</font></b>. If you're a civil engineer, now is the time to start looking seriously at alternatives for publishing beyond the ASCE. Declaring war on the academics who provide you all of your content for free, just seems like a bad idea. <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
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