Paywall: The Business of Scholarship

Overview

Paywall: The Business of Scholarship is a documentary which focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Google.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 5, 2018

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English, Russian

Director

Jason Schmitt

Producer

Jason Schmitt

Cinematography

Russell Stone

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt8657152