Looking at the class action lawsuit by academic peer reviewers claiming publishers constitute an illegal cartel that is misappropriating funding to their research, I am wondering whether #standards professionals could mount a similar action against ISO et al for diverting payment for their work exclusively to standards publishing.
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/lbpglkzeyvq/Uddin%20v%20ELSEVIER%2020240912.pdf
As an example, the people who create the #ODF #standard have to crowdfund to get a professional editor to make the standard ready for publication, while national standards bodies like BSI charge nearly £1000 per copy for the published standard. None of that money goes back to the people who write or edit the standard.
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