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Re:U.S. Student Debt in ‘Serious Delinquency’ Tops $166B by iguy on Saturday February 16, 2019 @01:28PM (#19180070)
Well, paying for journals more expensive than sci-hub is largely a waste. And I've seen lots of renovations of libraries which add a lot of pretty luxurious study space... although I'm not sure that was on the library budget.
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Re:U.S. Student Debt in ‘Serious Delinquency’ Tops $166B by 2snakes on Saturday February 16, 2019 @10:47PM (#19182569)
Consider that if noone paid for their journals then Sci-Hub would not exist. Because noone would be able to share their accounts to log in to the content.
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Re:U.S. Student Debt in ‘Serious Delinquency’ Tops $166B by iguy on Sunday February 17, 2019 @03:41AM (#19183377)
Sure, I don't mean that too literally. But the current system seems to syphon huge amounts of money to a few owners, and may well be replaced in the not-too-distant future. Websites do not cost $30/article to run.
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