Paywall: The Business of Scholarship
2018, English. Directed by Jason Schmitt.
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.
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Paywall: The Business of Scholarship runs 64 minutes (1h 4m).
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Paywall: The Business of Scholarship isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 September 2018. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Paywall: The Business of Scholarship?
If you liked Paywall: The Business of Scholarship, try Ex Libris: The New York Public Library, Come See Me in the Good Light, Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski.
Who directed Paywall: The Business of Scholarship?
Paywall: The Business of Scholarship (2018) was directed by Jason Schmitt.