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I'm not assigning any moral weight to them; just observing the basic facts as they result to publishing.
by chordalkeyboard 6y ago
I'm not assigning any moral weight to them; just observing the basic facts as they result to publishing.
- rowanG077 6y agoIt's not about anything moral. It's about a qualitative difference between. The second one should even be called piracy.
- chordalkeyboard 6y agoWhats the qualitative difference? > The second one should even be called piracy. Sure, I agree. Piracy is a loaded term anyway.
- rowanG077 6y agoYou are getting content you made yourself for free VS you are getting content you have not made yourself.
- chordalkeyboard 6y agoI havent made any of the studies I download from sci hub unless youre referring to the funding via tax dollars.
- rowanG077 6y agoThen you are not the typical user. By and large people who use journals are scientists and students who publish themselves.
- chordalkeyboard 6y agoThey aren’t downloading their own papers; rather those of their colleagues.