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I frequently see promos from Wiley and other publishers with limited time access to articles around a theme. Here's an example:</div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Possible reason- “Free to read” is not the same as “free to read, download, and share”?</p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Eril-l] Wiley "Free to Read" articles going back behind paywalls recently?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">In the last week, a rash of articles have been sent my way through our problem-reporting pipeline involving Wiley articles linked from third party databases like CINAHL or Primo Unpaywall links,
in which the third party expects full text access but the user hits a paywall. On checking Unpaywall's article fixer tool, each article comes up indexed as "Free to Read." In one case a student stated they were able to article access the article in question
as recently as last week. So far no response from Wiley.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">Have others observed similar, and perhaps have a scoop on what's going on with this Wiley content? It seems like as they were labeled "free to read," not "open access," they may have been in
a time-delimited or otherwise revokable free status.</span></p>
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