This changes absolutely nothing about how I use sci-hub. As long as I can find the front page and search for a DOI, I don't care how many search results Google censors.
Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
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Re: Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
#22Why does it matter though? I'd wager few people would use Google to search content on Sci-Hub. The normal usage is simply entering the DOI of the paper you want on Sci-Hub's front page. Note: you can still search for Sci-Hub itself on Google, and find plenty of pages listing active mirrors.
They could censor that in Chrome as well, in multiple ways. That's one reason why having your DNS services provider, browser provider and search provider as the same entity is an extra risk.
Re: Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
#23I use my own library of domains exactly for scenarios like that
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#24Is Sci-Hub still relevant? Haven’t they been frozen for like 5+ years at this point?
Re: Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Paywall
Oops, sorry about that! mirror: https://archive.ph/GTnS3
Just realized "archive.ph" is inappropriate for this topic...
https://hackread.com/fbi-wants-to-know-who-runs-archive-ph
Today is not my day.
Re: Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
#26Is Sci-Hub still relevant? Haven’t they been frozen for like 5+ years at this point?
More like: "is Google still relevant?" Specially for the kind of people that browses Sci-Hub. It's been months since I've done a search in ad-ridden Google.
Re: Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
#27I use my own library of domains exactly for scenarios like that https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database
needs a simple p2p desktop client
Re: Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
#28Check https://open-slum.org/ what's up in the shadow libraries world. Anna's archive & Z-lib has mirrored all of Sci-hub and are indeed a viable alternative.
if only i had a machine with a petabyte or two to spare to help seed the whole library
Re: Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
#29There are alternative search engines to Google, in particular some where base censorship is not so easily enforced: https://yandex.com/search/?text=sci-hub
You are recommending a search engine that is operating from Russia under one of the most oppressive regimes in the world. The Russian state monitors usage and is definitely censoring all sorts of stuff on it.
Of course Sci Hub was developed by a Russian, which is probably why Yandex is not censoring it. Also, I don't think the Russian government cares much for intellectual property rights of companies in NATO countries, for obvious reasons. But they are definitely censoring a wide range of other topics.
Check this reports for some details on the types of things that Yandex censors: https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/07/30/disrupted-throttled-an...
Re: Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
#30There are alternative search engines to Google, in particular some where base censorship is not so easily enforced: https://yandex.com/search/?text=sci-hub
You are recommending a search engine that is operating from Russia under one of the most oppressive regimes in the world. The Russian state monitors usage and is definitely censoring all sorts of stuff on it. Of course Sci Hub was developed by a Russian, which is probably why Yandex is not censoring it. Also, I don't think the Russian government cares much for intellectual property rights of companies in NATO countri…
If I was looking for something that is against the interests of Russian oligarchs I wouldn't use yandex.
In the same way it has become obvious that you should not use Google if you are looking for something that is against the interests of American oligarchs.