As part of its new 'transformative' access model for libraries, "...Clarivate will also phase out one-time perpetual purchases of digital collections, print and digital books for libraries."
https://clarivate.com/news/clarivate-unveils-transformative-subscription-based-access-strategy-for-academia/
https://clarivate.com/news/clarivate-unveils-transformative-subscription-based-access-strategy-for-academia/
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WHY IS EVERYTHING SHIT
https://clarivate.com/academia-government/blog/introducing-proquest-ebooks-the-worlds-largest-scholarly-ebook-subscription/
2025: Well,... we have books that stop working if you don't keep paying for them...
This is one reason why I am such a big supporter of The Public Domain and Creative Commons licenses (and similar licenses).
Knowledge needs a Robin Hood in this day and age.
deprive the people of knowledge while also nickel and dimin' them sounds very american to me
Definitely a windfall for @ebsco.bsky.social. They will have all the business from libraries that need the DDA and EBA purchase models or that still wants to buy print books.