If you cite a work in an academic paper, you have a moral obligation to make sure the cited work is easily available, or make it so if not. Your paper depends on the previous paper; without it your paper loses value and meaning. If it weren't for copyright, copy it verbatim and include it as an appendix. Copyright interferes with the moral obligation.
Even with copyright, rewriting is possible.
Let this idea be the basis for modification of copyright law for academic publishing. Frequently cited works will become frequently copied, so preserved.
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