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Anecdotally, I know some scientists who prefer Sci-Hub even when their institution has a subscription to the journal. The login procedures (and possibly VPN set
by jks 4y ago
Anecdotally, I know some scientists who prefer Sci-Hub even when their institution has a subscription to the journal. The login procedures (and possibly VPN setups when working from home) are too much work when Sci-Hub is immediate.
I'm sure that publishers will try and fight back, just like with music copying.
- Victerius 4y agoTo paraphrase Bill Wurtz. Open. The journals. Stop. Having them be closed.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoNow we just need huge boats. With guns. Gunboats.
- cute_boi 4y agoExactly, many people prefer convenience over nonsense features in name of protections, copyrights, etc..
- qwezxcrty 4y agoI would always prefer to get the PDF in the legit way unless sometimes I encountered journals that my institution do not subscribe to. Only reason for that: to reduce the burden to scihub servers.