People write for different reasons.
For the most part, those of us who are castigating the New York Times for announcing that it alone should be able to profit from the articles it publishes make our living from the business of writing. That is not the case with scholars who contribute papers to the International Journal of Paper Contribution. This we understand. But let no one suggest that uppity professional writers are inventing some radical new scheme to deprive publishers of their rightful profits. It's the law that says I own my writing.