It is not a monopoly if other websites cover the same topics.
If you are referring to the IEEE website, then their exclusivity policies may have a lot to do with making certain that their members are all professional electrical engineers, and not a group of amateur “scientists” working on nonsensical projects like perpetual motion, free energy, and cold fusion.
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