Today Sci-Hub is 10 years old. I'll publish 2M new articles to celebrate

Post by Sakos » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 2:44 AM UTC

BeFlatXIII wrote: post #151

ehvatum wrote: post #27

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Yes, it’s a new and better world. On the other side of the $275 per-paper Elsevier paywall, there are researchers who wish more people would read their papers. In my experience digging into robotics kinematics, authors are happy to answer questions and can point me to the right person when I want to send a check to support investigating specific research questions. The paywall deceives; science is neither an institut…

Most authors of scientific papers will gladly send you a free PDF of their papers if you ask them (assuming they remember to check their e-mail and respond in the first place). The profitability of their publisher is of no concern to them.

Post by Griffinsauce » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 5:59 AM UTC

KNrDajfZ wrote: post #120

lcvw wrote: post #5

I really hope sci-hub survives this. Sci-hub and libgen are like an entirely different internet, one allowing you to dive as deep as you wish into any technical subject. There’s really no comparison I have found anywhere for the depth of material available. People always point to Wikipedia, but all of that is surface level. If you to build something, research something, or just really delve into it, there’s no substi…

It's the typical Eastern European (or non-US centric) Internet. The IP laws make sense only if people have the capital to buy stuff. When I was a kid in a post-Soviet country, no one ever bought anything original (like a CD with a game). Everything was bootleg or pirated from the Internet. After [the US lobby started to push for copyright enforcement in the EU under the threat of sanctions]( https://falkvinge.net/201…

Post by Griffinsauce » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 6:08 AM UTC

baybal2 wrote: post #44

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Is there any legal risk to users in North America that do this? Is this copyrighted material?

I encourage you to do this in the most audacious, and visible way possible. Let see how will they sue millions, upon millions of people. Make them face a fait accompli. They already lost.

Post by Griffinsauce » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 6:17 AM UTC

AmericanChopper wrote: post #22

jacquesm wrote: post #17

I just noticed something funny: The library of Alexandria was accidentally burned in 48 BC by Julius Ceasar. Here we are in 2021, we now have Alexandra's library, which rivals the first in size and scope, and there are at least as many forces trying to burn it. But fortunately this one is digital and you too can have a copy in your hallway closet for the price of some harddrives and bandwidth. Go make a backup, if yo…

I personally see it as an essential element of preserving democracy going forward. As science becomes a more influential component in public policy (it has arguably become the most influential component over the past 18 months), you end up with a governance style of “the law is whatever science says it should be”. If that science is not available for public scrutiny, then you have the added dynamic of “…and the scien…

Post by lifeplusplus » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 6:25 AM UTC