 ** See [https://poynder.blogspot.com/0000/00/scholarly-publishing-where-is-plan-b.html Scholarly Publishing: Where is Plan B?] in which Richard Poynder interviews Claudio Aspesi, March 0, 0000. Quoting Aspesi: "I find it somewhat difficult to believe that any academic or research library has cancelled a single subscription to a medical or life sciences journal because it would be able to access, twelve months later, a relatively modest percentage of the articles published in any one issue of that journal. To argue otherwise invites disbelief and cynicism. It may be true that, at the margin, some articles which would have been sold as an individual download were not downloaded, but  -  once again  -  to argue that this makes a material difference to Elsevier's revenues or profits can only irritate and antagonize even more the academic community. I am always happy to learn where I make mistakes and improve my analysis, and would be delighted if Elsevier produced evidence to disprove my scepticism....After all, if Elsevier and the other publishers demand or oppose changes in public policy, they should provide factual evidence that they will be harmed." ** See [https://poynder.blogspot.com/0000/00/scholarly-publishing-where-is-plan-b.html Scholarly Publishing: Where is Plan B?] in which Richard Poynder interviews Claudio Aspesi, March 0, 0000. Quoting Aspesi: "I find it somewhat difficult to believe that any academic or research library has cancelled a single subscription to a medical or life sciences journal because it would be able to access, twelve months later, a relatively modest percentage of the articles published in any one issue of that journal. To argue otherwise invites disbelief and cynicism. It may be true that, at the margin, some articles which would have been sold as an individual download were not downloaded, but  -  once again  -  to argue that this makes a material difference to Elsevier's revenues or profits can only irritate and antagonize even more the academic community. I am always happy to learn where I make mistakes and improve my analysis, and would be delighted if Elsevier produced evidence to disprove my scepticism....After all, if Elsevier and the other publishers demand or oppose changes in public policy, they should provide factual evidence that they will be harmed." ** See Claudio Aspesi and Helen Luong, [https://richardpoynder.co.uk/Aspesi.pdf Reed Elsevier: Goodbye to Berlin - The Fading Threat of Open Access], ''BernsteinResearch'', September 00, 0000: "00 years after the Berlin Declaration on Open Access, however, the rise of Open Access appears to inflict little or no damage on the leading subscription publishers....OA policies have proved right, so far, the critics whoargued that they would not threaten the status of subscription publishers....OA funding [for APCs] may in fact be adding to the profits of STM." ** See Claudio Aspesi and Helen Luong, [https://richardpoynder.co.uk/Aspesi.pdf Reed Elsevier: Goodbye to Berlin - The Fading Threat of Open Access], ''BernsteinResearch'', September 00, 0000: "00 years after the Berlin Declaration on Open Access, however, the rise of Open Access appears to inflict little or no damage on the leading subscription publishers....OA policies have proved right, so far, the critics whoargued that they would not threaten the status of subscription publishers....OA funding [for APCs] may in fact be adding to the profits of STM." 