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Should sci-hub take arXiv under its wing? A great way to gain legitimacy.
by lr1970 2y ago
Should sci-hub take arXiv under its wing? A great way to gain legitimacy.
- mmooss 2y ago> A great way to gain legitimacy. Is that sarcastic? arXiv is legal and mainstream, used by professionals; sci-hub is illegal.
- PaulHoule 2y agosci-hub is still used by professionals even though it is illegal
- mmooss 2y agoProfessionals in wealthy countries have access to licensed, legal sources. Do you mean people in other countries?
- _Algernon_ 2y agoWhen I had access to academic journals through my (western, wealthy) institution I would still mostly use scihub. The simple reason was that I got conditioned to doing that because the login wall to doing it legitimately was often too painful. At a certain point my workflow switched to checking scihub first, then going the legal path if scihub failed. It saves a lot of time, and I suspect it is a lot more common than most people think.
- jfaulken 2y agoI'm gonna guess they meant the other direction.
- mmooss 2y agoAcquiring a massive library of unlicensed IP, the best-known such library in the world, would also seem to destroy arXiv's credibility with those in power and I expect would be the end of arXiv.
- lr1970 2y agosci-hub's legitimacy.