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Re:Science’s Pirate Queen by amenod on Saturday February 10, 2018 @03:35AM (#16346488)
Still - I think the analogy is suiting. Martin Luther started a movement which granted common people access to religious texts (by translating them from Latin). Sci-Hub removes other obstacles to access knowledge, but the goal is somewhat similar.

This is not to say that peer review and expert validation doesn't have it's place in the process - but it could (should) be done in open, with as many eyes watching as possible. So IMHO anything that denies general public access to scientific work should be removed.

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