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Re:Elsevier Complaint Shuts Down Sci-Hub Domain Name by grownseed on Thursday May 05, 2016 @02:14PM (#11638481)
Recently shared this here: http://www.thebookseller.com/news/elsevier-defends-its-value... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11614926) which I'm guessing is the precursor to this debacle.

Reading what Elsevier have to say, you'd think they're either completely delusional (I doubt so), or know full well that they're rapidly becoming irrelevant/abhorred and are adopting a bully position, all the while pretending to be innocent and blameless victims of this situation.

Don't count on me to shed a tear when Elsevier go under.

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Re:Elsevier Complaint Shuts Down Sci-Hub Domain Name by grownseed on Thursday May 05, 2016 @03:34PM (#11639066)
Just saw Elsevier retweeted this:

"Science is better and more accurate when it's inclusive." (https://twitter.com/ElsevierConnect/status/72821552586887578...)

I realize this is about gender, but I can't help but feel a bit of irony in there...

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Re:Elsevier Complaint Shuts Down Sci-Hub Domain Name by nickpsecurity on Thursday May 05, 2016 @10:58PM (#11641389)
Great observation. They're calling their own BS indirectly. Whoever is involved in SciHub with strong presence on social media should immediately start using that quote to push SciHub. :)
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