Not only is this a problem for creative industries, but for academics-with the new open access rules universities and academics pay to publish research so it’s free for everyone to read. But it’s also free for AI companies to use because we do not limit reuse - the preferred option is indeed to make it open access without even limiting commercial reuse. We are not just giving it away - we are providing a subsidy to AI companies to produce LLMs which then spam our journals with rubbish article submissions. Where academics work as editors for free and ask other academics to review - for free. And this is just one part of what will likely be one of the largest wealth redistributions In history… move over, Plague!