Believe it or not, there are a large number of society and nonprofit publishers who are also being damaged by Scihub, and they aim to break even or have a 10% profit margin. This pushes them closer to the margins.
Alexandra Elbakyan stole that content and despite the praise above it's worth remembering the consequences of this theft, including the increased likelihood of false information appearing in papers because you're not sure which version of record you're reading on scihub, and that by providing credentials to the Elbakyan you're opening up academic institutions to hacking.
This move looks like an attempt to gain positive press during Scihub's legal woes in India.
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Believe it or not, there are a large number of society and nonprofit publishers who are also being damaged by Scihub, and they aim to break even or have a 10% profit margin. This pushes them closer to the margins.
Alexandra Elbakyan stole that content and despite the praise above it's worth remembering the consequences of this theft, including the increased likelihood of false information appearing in papers because you're not sure which version of record you're reading on scihub, and that by providing credentials to the Elbakyan you're opening up academic institutions to hacking.
This move looks like an attempt to gain positive press during Scihub's legal woes in India.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by null points.
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