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Maybe researchers could negotiate a license for commercial data that would allow others access to the data for review or reproduction purposes at a reasonable charge, but not for use as the basis of new claims.

Has anyone seen a deal like this before?




It would never happen, people would steal/share the data. Remember researchers (specifically in academia) are typically short on cash, and will cut corners whenever possible. The good ones (a majority in my experience) won't cut corners when it comes to the integrity of their data though.


But you can't cite stolen data, and you can't base claims on things you don't cite. You would pay at least when it came to submission time.




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