Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed

Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by sillysaurus3 on Thursday July 27, 2017 @03:04PM (#14868347)

I was surprised that it's still considered rude to link to sci-hub: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14714577#14715252

Anyone know if this is a typical sentiment? I'm just curious if it's true that many researchers are offended by this movement, and what the reasons are.

I firmly believe that there are always two sides to any topic, so we should explore the flipside. What are some arguments against blatantly opening up access to paywalled articles?

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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by carbocation on Thursday July 27, 2017 @03:27PM (#14868552)

If someone were to post a link to a pirated version of one of my academic publications in a Hacker News discussion with me, I would be relieved that I didn't have to do it myself to let people see it.

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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by isoprophlex on Thursday July 27, 2017 @03:15PM (#14868438)

I was a small time academic once, and I shared all my stuff by linking to scihub.

My university paid 500-2000€ / article in extortion errrrr i mean publishing fees. That should be more than enough.

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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by currymj on Thursday July 27, 2017 @03:34PM (#14868622)

further down, the author in question says he supports sci-hub and is happy to see it linked so that more people can read his work. he was just surprised that someone would post a link so blatantly to a pirate site. on the other hand, he says that he knows researchers who would be upset by this but doesn't give their rationale.

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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by sillysaurus3 on Thursday July 27, 2017 @03:39PM (#14868687)

Yeah, I should've clarified that I was curious about the people he mentioned. Researchers contribute some of the most valuable comments to HN, so mainly I wanted to avoid making them feel unwelcome. If linking to sci-hub ends up shooing them off HN, it's not worth the cost.

It seems like the sentiment is in the other direction, though. Maybe most researchers don't care.

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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by kken on Thursday July 27, 2017 @04:19PM (#14869066)

Well, this is linking to IEEE. I have mixed feelings about this, since IEEE is actually doing a good job about publishing. They have far better reviews than most other journals, and members free get access to most journals anyways.

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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by tnecniv on Thursday July 27, 2017 @07:26PM (#14870663)

Plus they tend to make old articles free pretty quickly.

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