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That's the point. They should do for providing content. Everything else is irrelevant. It doesn't matter what the scientists do or don't want to do. The work is often not the copyright of the scientist but the funding body that funds them. Wellcome and UK research Councils for example now require all work to be Open Access whatever the scientist wants or cares about.

Tenure? Yeah right. Try telling a junior scientist or an RA. Or indeed anyone working in science. You keep publishing because you have to for your job. You are only as good as your last assessment. But by giving your work away for free aren't you devaluing it's worth?