Those are very difficult questions to answer.<p>I imagine that any form of non-violent civil disobedience is fair game. I imagine that collective action is always more troubling for the system because the systemic response is more challenging to orchestrate.<p>Some things change by themselves. We can see that marijuana is slowly transitioning from being a criminalised substance a decriminalised one. I don&#x27;t partake myself but society is heading that way, that&#x27;s plain to see.<p>Same with civil rights of all kind. Yes, it might take centuries but the arrow of equality is clearly pointing in just one way. But it does take civil disobedience and protest.<p>In this specific case (academic articles) I personally believe that we ought to cover the cost of storage and distribution and that&#x27;s it. Because this is not a civil rights issue, more a, I don&#x27;t know, societal expectation(?), a right to knowledge so that society can be improved quicker rather slower. These rent-seekers are like grit in well oiled machinery gunking up the works. I more or less think the worst form of money-making is rent-seeking.<p>I don&#x27;t know, get creative!