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It's amazing to think of this as mass civil disobedience across nations. And unlike pirating movies, professionals in the field are tacitly supporting it, if no
by ChrisSD 8y ago
It's amazing to think of this as mass civil disobedience across nations. And unlike pirating movies, professionals in the field are tacitly supporting it, if not outright advocating for it.
- arkades 8y agoHow can we not? A new paper in my field recently came out regarding how to reduce patient reliance on a particular med, with possibly better results for the patient. The paper had data to back this up. I couldn’t get it through my institutional subscription. I got it in 5 minutes through sci-hub. Why a tax-paying patient shouldn’t get up to date care from their tax paying physician through data gathered and analyzed via their tax dollars is baffling.
- syedkarim 8y agoI'm surprised it took you five minutes. I usually see papers appear in five seconds. The site is shockingly fast. Just append the DOI of the paper to the domain and presto!
- xvilka 8y agoWell, because journal publishers are parasites, they just burrowed too deep to remove easily. But the removal should be done anyway, no matter SciHub or not. They produce more harm than value these days. And every single researcher or academy should be ashamed for supporting them.
- henryackerman 8y agoAgreed. I'm in favour of laws dictating that research funded with public funds must be published without paywalls. France has such legislation IIRC, other countries should follow.