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Sci-hub (or Scihub) is a search engine for scientific articles, and has been claimed by Elsevier (the world's largest academic publisher) to provide pirate access to academic papers.[1] The engine bypasses ordinary paywalls and gives free access to articles that would other cost over $30 USD to access.[2][3] It was founded by Kazakh researcher Alexandra Elbakyan with the goal to increase the spread of knowledge by allowing more people to access paywalled content.[4] The site has become very popular in less developed countries such as India and Indonesia,[5] as well as Iran, China, Russia and Brazil.[2] Providing access to researches from less privileged institutions and countries has been Elbakyan's express goal in creating the site, stating that she similarly pirated papers when she was did research at a Kazakhstan university when the need arose to skim hundreds of papers.[6]
The site is currently involved in a legal case between itself and Elsevier: Elsevier et al. v. Sci-Hub et al.[7] Elsevier claim that Sci-Hub illicitly accesses accounts of students and academic institutions to provide free access to articles through their platform ScienceDirect.[2] The case is complicated in that the site runs out of St Petersburg, Russia making it difficult to target within the US legal system.[2] Some see the case as a move from Elsevier's side against the free dissemination of knowledge and question motives behind Elsevier's simultaneous actions to provide free journal access to Wikipedia editors.[8] A similar case is also being run against the site Libgen,[2][5] which may be based in the Netherlands,[2] or possibly Russia as well.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "Elsevier Cracks Down on Pirated Scientific Articles - TorrentFreak". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ a b c d e f Glance, David. "Elsevier acts against research article pirate sites and claims irreparable harm". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ "Netizen Report: Scholars in Colombia, Kazakhstan Face Legal Woes for Sharing Research". Slate. 2015-07-01. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ "Sci-Hub Tears Down Academia's "Illegal" Copyright Paywalls - TorrentFreak". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ a b Stone, Maddie. "Academic Publishing Giant Fights To Keep Science Paywalled". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ "Science "Pirate" Attacks Elsevier's Copyright Monopoly in Court - TorrentFreak". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ "Why is the Media Talking About SOPA Again: An Explainer - Disruptive Competition Project". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ Stone, Maddie. "Is A Giant Academic Publisher Trying To Paywall Wikipedia?". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ Mance, Henry; Correspondent, Media (2015-05-26). "Publishers win landmark case against ebook pirates". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2015-10-05.