For some reason, there has been a lot of folks sayng AUTM is charging everyone for STATT. Not true. The only people being charged are the "free riders" who do not share their data. If you upload your data, there is still no charge to you.
The shift is in response to a fairness issue. Thems that contribute should get free access. Thems that do not should still get access but contribute cash to support the upkeep instead. That way, everyone who accesses the data is contributing to the service. How you contribute is for you institution to decide. Share your data, you get to access the data for free. Do not share your data, help support the costs of bringing you the data by paying a very modest fee.
Hope that helps clarify things,
Thanks.
Phyl SpeserVP Membership