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Something I've always wondered is why Alexandra put her name and identity out there. Would it not have been easier to remain anonymous?
by esrh 5y ago
Something I've always wondered is why Alexandra put her name and identity out there. Would it not have been easier to remain anonymous?
- crumbshot 5y agoWas her identity well-known before the Elsevier court case, where she was named? I thought the publicity for her efforts was made after this, in English language media anyway. Though perhaps I am misremembering the order of events.
- DominikPeters 5y agoAccording to pushshift, her name first appears in a reddit comment in December 2014: https://www.reddit.com/r/libgen/comments/2m2m1p/libgen_needs_donations_for_a_new_server/cmirjkt/ https://www.reddit.com/r/libgen/comments/2m2m1p/libgen_needs... The Sci-Hub wikipedia article first appeared in October 2015, already mentioning her name. The Elsevier complaint in NY is from June 2015: https://torrentfreak.com/images/elsevier-complaint.pdf https://torrentfreak.com/images/elsevier-complaint.pdf
- malwarebytess 5y agoBecause Alexandra created sci-hub to open access to science. It was a political act. She was not ashamed, she wanted people to pay attention. Perhaps she was naive in thinking that removing barriers to science and knowledge would trump middle-men's greed and profit.