In my personal opinion the international community could do something like modify the Berne Convention/TRIPS (international copyright agreements signed by almost every country/WTO members respectively) to exclude copyright of academic papers.
The property rights in question are not natural rights, nor material rights. Sufficient political will seems like it could do it.
Finding politicians in power who will support human progress before profits might be hard! [/understatement]
The property rights in question are not natural rights, nor material rights. Sufficient political will seems like it could do it.
Finding politicians in power who will support human progress before profits might be hard! [/understatement]