Yeah, what I came here to say. It's been interesting to watch over the past 5-10 years as these problems seemed to gain a voice. Hopefully we'll see several addressed in our lifetimes.
My favourite proposed solution for the paywall problem is to launch a platform akin to iTunes - one giant repository of academic articles available to anyone at a low cost. (Kind of like SciHub, except the people who deserve to get some money for their work actually do.)
