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I do not understand what exactly you are claiming in your first paragraph. You say that you have never had to pay for an article yet you "have been on both side
by nspattak 9y ago
I do not understand what exactly you are claiming in your first paragraph. You say that you have never had to pay for an article yet you "have been on both sides of the fetch for a friend" which strictly speaking (and despite how much I hate it) is illegal.
- Vinnl 9y agoThey didn't say they weren't asked to pay for an article - just that they did not. In other words, when confronted with a paywall, they either skipped the article or asked a friend with access. Note that asking for an article is not always illegal. For example, authors are often allowed to share the article, and there are often also provisions that allow institutions to "loan" access to each other (inter-library loan), although presumably that would have to go through the institution's librarian. That said, even if it's illegal, I'd worry about it about as much as worrying about pedestrians skipping the red light on deserted crossings.
- grawprog 9y agoTell that to the person that started sci hub https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/06/scientific-research-piracy-site-hit-with-15-million-fine/?amp=1 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/06/scientific-resea... I thought the music anti piracy people were bad.
- Vinnl 9y agoStarting Sci-Hub is something I'd worry about far earlier than I'd worry about asking a friend for an article, obviously, just like I'd worry more if I'd started the Pirate Bay than if I'd downloaded a song.