What happens when science, money, and freedom of information collide?

A free flow of information goes to the heart of science, says Elizabeth Marincola, but an arcane system has commoditized data instead. Can web-based, open-access publishing level advance knowledge — and turn a profit?

Elizabeth Marincola is the CEO of the Public Library of Science, and the former President of the nonprofit membership organization Society for Science & the Public (SSP) and publisher of Science News, the award-winning magazine.