Previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14614863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14614863 Also, perhaps the title is a bit of a flame

Previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14614863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14614863 Also, perhaps the title is a bit of a flame-bait. Sci-hub does not facilitate scientific research piracy - whatever that means. Depending on your PoV on research publication subscriptions, it may be piracy of copyrighted research publications. That said, sci-hub is a boon. If there were a legal fund that was raised to defend the founder, I'd contribute. Elsevier is, IMO, displaying remarkably egregious rent seeking behaviour that makes the cable and wireless companies look tame.