Open Access Scientific Publishing

The whole saga of scientific publishers profiting by charging for papers describing publicly-funded research has bubbled to the surface again with the actions of cOAlition S. I was fortunate enough to be a co-author of a paper published in the Faraday Society Transactions in 1973 (J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 2, 1973, 69, 1839) so I thought I'd check out its current availability. A quick search of the net revealed that it may be purchased for £42.50. Really? For a paper that's 45 years old? That's wicked. Good job I still have a copy for the family history archive.