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Re:Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone by Vespasian on Friday April 29, 2016 @04:24AM (#11594407)
It depends on the venue.

In my field of computer science (visual analytics / visualizations) at least some of the leading journals/conferences officially allow you to put a version of the paper on your website.

Just today we submitted a paper where the copyright form explicitly mentions that.

Re:Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone by chris_wot on Friday April 29, 2016 @04:51AM (#11594489)
How... generous?
Re:Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone by Vespasian on Friday April 29, 2016 @05:07AM (#11594539)
I did not imply that I'm happy with the situation, but sadly it is a fact scientists have to deal with right now.
Re:Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone by chris_wot on Friday April 29, 2016 @05:52AM (#11594675)
Well... They sort of don't any more. People just go to sci-hub!