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Be Alexandra Elbakyan

121 points by DanielleMolloy 5mo ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Elbakyan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Elbakyan https://twitter.com/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/2049057344013881523 https://twitter.com/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/20490573440138815...

metadat 5mo ago
The Elsevier reply is infuriating. The system is broken. https://nitter.space/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/2049485871699931423#m https://nitter.space/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/2049485871699931...
- hmartin 5mo ago
  Um......
- crest 5mo ago
  Some people look best in the warm glow of their own pyre.
- Revanche1367 5mo ago
  That’s not a reply, it’s sarcasm by the same poster pretending to speak for the publisher as a joke.
  - d0mine 5mo ago
    What part of the reply is not factually correct? (premium gold+ open access article for $50000?)
    - Revanche1367 5mo ago
      I didn’t say it wasn’t factually correct. I assumed it was mostly correct, perhaps a bit sensationalist for comedic purposes. I found it quite funny actually. My answer above was just that it was not actually written by the Elsevier company like that user seems to have thought.
mjd 5mo ago
She's a hero.
ipsum2 5mo ago
is Sci-Hub still updated for new papers?
qzgrid37 5mo ago
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ChrisArchitect 5mo ago
Source: https://twitter.com/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/2049057344013881523 https://twitter.com/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/20490573440138815... Instead of links from randoms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Elbakyan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Elbakyan
onetimeusename 5mo ago
So I imagine, with some irony, that she can avoid US courts because Russia doesn't have an extradition agreement. To some extent, it seems like content sharing apps are often Russia based. So evading shutdown in Western nations requires a hostile regime. So free access to Western, public-funded, scientific research relies on Russian networks and jurisdiction often.
- ls612 5mo ago
  Also why Rutracker is by far the best public tracker.
  - r721 5mo ago
    Rutracker is blocked in Russia.
    - ls612 5mo ago
      Isn't that because they are anti-Putin not because of copyright?
      - r721 5mo ago
        It definitely started with copyright infringement dispute in 2015 (with Russian authors/publishers though), and I don't remember any anti-Putin statements from them (though it's possible I missed something).
- ahartmetz 5mo ago
  When the system is so bad that fighting it improves it. It's a standard feature of a decent, non-totalitarian political system that it improves that way. Just don't tell Putin. But he wouldn't get it anyway. Totalitarian and democratic regimes often have basic problems understanding each other.
renewiltord 5mo ago
These massive green text attempts started becoming common recently and honestly they’re excruciatingly boring. Misses the entire value of the medium. Very “hello, fellow kids”.
- deleted 5mo ago
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stefantalpalaru 5mo ago
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121 points by DanielleMolloy 5mo ago

metadat 5mo ago

The Elsevier reply is infuriating. The system is broken. https://nitter.space/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/2049485871699931423#m https://nitter.space/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/2049485871699931...

hmartin 5mo ago
Um......
crest 5mo ago
Some people look best in the warm glow of their own pyre.
Revanche1367 5mo ago
That’s not a reply, it’s sarcasm by the same poster pretending to speak for the publisher as a joke.
- d0mine 5mo ago
  What part of the reply is not factually correct? (premium gold+ open access article for $50000?)
  - Revanche1367 5mo ago
    I didn’t say it wasn’t factually correct. I assumed it was mostly correct, perhaps a bit sensationalist for comedic purposes. I found it quite funny actually. My answer above was just that it was not actually written by the Elsevier company like that user seems to have thought.

mjd 5mo ago

She's a hero.

ipsum2 5mo ago

is Sci-Hub still updated for new papers?

qzgrid37 5mo ago

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ChrisArchitect 5mo ago

Source: https://twitter.com/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/2049057344013881523 https://twitter.com/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/20490573440138815... Instead of links from randoms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Elbakyan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Elbakyan

onetimeusename 5mo ago

So I imagine, with some irony, that she can avoid US courts because Russia doesn't have an extradition agreement. To some extent, it seems like content sharing apps are often Russia based. So evading shutdown in Western nations requires a hostile regime. So free access to Western, public-funded, scientific research relies on Russian networks and jurisdiction often.

ls612 5mo ago
Also why Rutracker is by far the best public tracker.
- r721 5mo ago
  Rutracker is blocked in Russia.
  - ls612 5mo ago
    Isn't that because they are anti-Putin not because of copyright?
    - r721 5mo ago
      It definitely started with copyright infringement dispute in 2015 (with Russian authors/publishers though), and I don't remember any anti-Putin statements from them (though it's possible I missed something).
ahartmetz 5mo ago
When the system is so bad that fighting it improves it. It's a standard feature of a decent, non-totalitarian political system that it improves that way. Just don't tell Putin. But he wouldn't get it anyway. Totalitarian and democratic regimes often have basic problems understanding each other.

renewiltord 5mo ago

These massive green text attempts started becoming common recently and honestly they’re excruciatingly boring. Misses the entire value of the medium. Very “hello, fellow kids”.

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stefantalpalaru 5mo ago

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