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You ask why Elbakyan is politically protected but Swatrz was not. Does Russia have no publishing conglomerates?
by HarryHirsch 8y ago
You ask why Elbakyan is politically protected but Swatrz was not. Does Russia have no publishing conglomerates?
- jacquesm 8y agoI did not ask that. She's on the run as far as I know. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/meet-the-woman-who-put-50-million-stolen-articles-online-so-you-can-read-them-for-free-a6964176.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/meet-the-w... And it is 'Swartz'.
- SXX 8y agoFirst of all she is hiding and possible not even within Russian border. So no clue where your idea of political protection is come from. And there is little point in arresting her: there are far more people working on project and nothing going to happen if public face going to disappear. What's more important it's can be tough to actually prove she actually did something illegal on her own. Of course for political activists there is no evidence required to put them in prison in Russia / Kazakhstan, but she is pro-Kremlin so it's not apply here.
- gkya 8y agoShe's one _real_ hero. You should quit this neo-cold-war complottist baseless scatter-blaming.
- namlem 8y agoShe is based in Kazakhstan, and they don't exactly have a domestic science publishing industry, no.