Others have written about PRISM; my personal favourite is Bora’s post (which inspired my title). Go to their site, have a laugh then add your voice to the derision.
I still recall the excitement of publishing my first journal article. I also recall the confusion that I felt when I was sent an agreement by email, telling me that I was signing away all rights to my article. “This can’t be right”, I thought, “I generated the data, I did the work, I wrote the words and it’s not mine?” Ultimately, your peers convince you to accept this as quite normal practice and move on. It’s not normal though, is it?
