John Wiley and Sons Inc Class A

John Wiley & Sons operates a significant academic publishing business that has been criticized for rent-seeking practices. The company has engaged in litigation to enforce restrictive copyright terms that limit the resale of textbooks, as seen in the Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. case concerning the "first sale" doctrine. Academic analysis, such as the 2020 study "Demarcating spectrums of predatory publishing," identifies the economic models in scholarly publishing as existing on a spectrum of potential predation, where legitimacy is contested. While the evidence gathered does not specify Wiley's revenue share from practices typically deemed exploitative, such as charging high fees for open-access publishing or maintaining exorbitant textbook prices, the company's core business model in a sector widely criticized for extractive economics places it under this exclusion. Further specific evidence on the scale and centrality of these practices to Wiley's operations is required for a more detailed narrative.