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"Sci-Hub does not add any value to the scholarly community. It neither fosters scientific advancement nor does it value researchers’ achievements." Well, that'
by pmyteh 9y ago
"Sci-Hub does not add any value to the scholarly community. It neither fosters scientific advancement nor does it value researchers’ achievements."
Well, that's bollocks. Obviating the need to use seven-click uncookied login systems adds value to the scholarly community in itself. And that's just for those whose universities already pay for the journal.
Fuck Elsevier and its trade associations.
- charlesdm 9y agoIt's a judgement they will never be able to collect on. I honestly don't understand why they'd bother probably spending $100k in legal fees to get this judgement, but hey, who needs common sense when you can sue?!
- intended 9y agoextradition options, I am guessing. Plus someone probably now has the ability to stall their accounts or transactions which travel through US jurisdictions.
- charlesdm 9y agoCountries don't generally extradite their own citizens though, regardless of the claim. Seems like an awful lot of trouble to go through. Yes, they can possibly get certain accounts blocked, but don't they have anything else to do?
- celticninja 9y agoUmmmm, yes they do, unfortunately.
- chopin 9y agoDoes the US judicial system support extradition requests for civil cases? Your system never ceases to amaze me.
- justinclift 9y agoIt's probably not for the judgement. It's likely just a step along the path of increasingly ratcheting up the knobs they can turn for getting it shut down. For example, with this kind of legal win behind them they'll likely have a stronger case in persuading other places to not assist them. Will it work in the end? Who knows. AFAIK "The Pirate Bay" is still a thing, even with the large amount of legal + dodgy coercion being applied to various supporting businesses (domain registrars, etc), country bodies, and so on to shutter it.