In computer science, or at least my subfield of it, most research is published in conference proceedings. The usual procedure is to write a full article, submit it to a conference, and then if it's accepted for publication, at least one author must register for the conference and present the work at a talk or poster session there. The flat registration fee fully covers the author's attendance at the conference, and a physical or electronic copy of the proceedings, no matter how many papers he or she may be presenting.
I recently discovered a computer science conference that employs a different model: "Authors have to pay for each accpeted paper the registration fee." [sic] I've never heard of this sort of arrangement before. Is this an unusual but legitimate practice in computer science (or any other field), or is this something only a disreputable or predatory conference would do? If it's legitimate, on what basis could the organizers justify charging the full conference registration fee (in this case up to €1797 with tax) per paper rather than per attendee?
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