https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/german-universities-take-on-elsevier/3007807.article

Germany is trying to do a national deal with Elsevier for all its academic and research institutions, but the latest round of negotiations have been rejected by the publishing giant.  Elsevier have granted German institutions free access to their content while the negotiations are happening.

This could be a major turning point for how scholarly publishing business models work, and is worth keeping an eye on.

Anton