This is very interesting and I like the label of “predatory OA”, but I wonder if it’s a little broad to label this as a digital preservation problem. I think it’s worth making a distinction between problems inherent in technologies (PDFs and HTML documents aren’t big preservation risks) and poor business practices. Would it be more accurate to see this as an example of why TRAC and third-party archiving arrangements are key to good stewardship in OA?
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