Scientists don’t get paid when people buy their journal articles - that money is kept in it‘s entirety by the publishers. What Sci Hub (https://sci.hubg.org htt

Scientists don’t get paid when people buy their journal articles - that money is kept in it‘s entirety by the publishers. What Sci Hub (https://sci.hubg.org https://sci.hubg.org) does is make research that has for the most part already been paid for by tax payers available to the public. I recommend reading about Plan S if you are interested in how this is being solves on the legislative side: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_S https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_S