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What about China? It's famously irreverent towards western-style copyright, seems like it could (well, it's a difficult "it", granted) score some brownie point

• phone8675309 5y ago
  This could be a big competitiveness advantage for China in two major ways: 1) there is a large contingent of Chinese nationals studying abroad, and them having access to SciHub makes it easier for them to be accustomed to it should they return to China to research there and 2) it would give China metrics on what papers are looked up and by who (sometimes down to the institution level), which might help them find high impact places to build upon research that other people might not have thought of.
• manquer 5y ago
  Not officially. China is also signatory for various intellectual property laws etc. They just turn a blind eye towards piracy when it suits them. Indian courts on other hand have in the past taken public decisions in the favour of common good, like with pharmaceutical parents recently. A victory here won't solve everything, but it is a start. Developing world is where the licensing fees are impossibly expensive for even universities. Perhaps an Indian precedent would help in other countries.