For the vast majority of the primary target audience of scientific publications they are effectively free.  It's a cost their employer eats and they never see.  So there is no big reason for them to fight it.  What would a researcher gain by going out of his way to disrupt the current model.  He can easily access all the papers he needs and just about everyone in his target audience can read his published papers for free as well.<p>I'm not supporting the system or saying that I wouldn't love to see it changed, but I really cannot see much reason for pressure to change it.