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Re:In rich and poor countries, researchers turn to Sci-Hub by Ar-Curunir on Saturday August 27, 2016 @06:34PM (#12374465)
The issue is that unlike music, the market for research papers isn't anywhere nearly as widespread, so average people don't have any incentive to seed research papers, whereas they do have an incentive to share blockbuster movies and music albums.
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Re:In rich and poor countries, researchers turn to Sci-Hub by hueving on Saturday August 27, 2016 @07:26PM (#12374632)
What incentive do people have to share?
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Re:In rich and poor countries, researchers turn to Sci-Hub by zyxley on Saturday August 27, 2016 @08:02PM (#12374725)
"I'll get kicked off the private tracker with all the good stuff if my seed ratio drops too low."
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Re:In rich and poor countries, researchers turn to Sci-Hub by lukaslalinsky on Sunday August 28, 2016 @11:03AM (#12376778)
I don't think the average person would be using a private tracker.
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