# 2018 documentary 'Paywall – The Business of Scholarship'

"Paywall: The Business of Scholarship is a documentary which focuses on the need for open access to research and science. The film 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 such as Apple, Facebook, and Google." Deutsch: "Paywall: The Business of Scholarship ist ein Dokumentarfilm, der sich auf die Notwendigkeit eines freien Zugangs zu Forschung und Wissenschaft konzentriert. Der Film hinterfragt die Gründe für die 25,2 Milliarden Dollar, die jährlich in gewinnorientierte akademische Verlage fließen, untersucht die Gewinnspanne von 35-40 %, die mit dem größten akademischen Verlag, Elsevier, verbunden ist – eine größer Gewinn als der einiger der profitabelsten Tech-Unternehmen wie Apple, Facebook und Google."

"For more information please visit: Paywallthemovie.com"

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"Staying true to the open access model, the film is free to stream and download, for private or public use, and maintains the most open CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons designation to ensure anyone regardless of their social, financial, or political background will have access.

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- Kind: Documentary
- Year: 2018
- Runtime: 1 h 4 min
- By: Authors of the study: Başak Türker, Esteban Munoz Musat, Emma Chabani, Alexandrine Fonteix-Galet, Jean-Baptiste Maranci, Nicolas Wattiez, Pierre Pouget,…
- Genres: Documentary, Science
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018_documentary_%27Paywall_%E2%80%93_The_Business_of_Scholarship%27.ogg)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Authors of the study: Başak Türker, Esteban Munoz Musat, Emma Chabani, Alexandrine Fonteix-Galet, Jean-Baptiste Maranci, Nicolas Wattiez, Pierre Pouget, Jacobo Sitt, Lionel Naccache, Isabelle Arnulf & Delphine Oudiette
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/143023596?play=1)