▁computer ▁for ▁administration ; ▁the ▁Trans actions ▁were ▁first ▁published ▁online ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁ ▁Fam ous ▁and ▁notable ▁contrib utors ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁centuries , ▁many ▁important ▁scientific ▁discover ies ▁have ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Philosoph ical ▁Trans actions . ▁Fam ous ▁contrib uting ▁authors ▁include : ▁ ▁Public ▁domain ▁and ▁access ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁programmer ▁Greg ▁Max well ▁released ▁through ▁The ▁Pir ate ▁Bay ▁the ▁nearly ▁ 1 9 , 0 0 0 ▁articles ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁published ▁before ▁ 1 9 2 3 ▁and ▁were ▁therefore ▁in ▁the ▁public ▁domain ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁to ▁support ▁A aron ▁Sw art z ▁in ▁his ▁case . ▁The ▁articles ▁had ▁been ▁digit ized ▁for ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society ▁by ▁J ST OR ▁for ▁a ▁cost ▁of ▁less ▁than ▁US $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁public ▁access ▁to ▁them ▁was ▁restricted ▁through ▁a ▁pay wall . ▁ ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁users ▁uploaded ▁over ▁ 1 8 , 5 0 0 ▁articles ▁to ▁the ▁collections ▁of ▁the ▁Internet ▁Archive . ▁The ▁collection ▁received ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁views ▁per ▁month ▁by ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society ▁released ▁for ▁free ▁the ▁full ▁text ▁all ▁its ▁articles ▁prior ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁but ▁denied ▁that ▁this ▁decision ▁had ▁been ▁influenced ▁by ▁Max well ' s ▁actions . ▁ ▁In