Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time?

Re:Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time? by hirundo on Sunday July 04, 2021 @08:28PM (#27733720)

Prometheus, Titan god of fire, was sentenced by Zeus to eternal torture. An eagle ate his liver every day and it grew back overnight to be eaten again. The Modern Prometheus, Victor Frankenstein, didn't end well either, dying of the arctic cold while chasing his monster. I wish Ms Elbakyan, our Even More Modern Prometheus, a kinder fate. But clearly it's a high risk job.

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Re:Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time? by FooBarBizBazz on Monday July 05, 2021 @09:34AM (#27737805)

I also enjoyed the implication in the article that she is an avatar of Saraswati.

But you're right, she faces risk, which the Prometheus story, while overused, better captures.

Her name Alexandra also brings to mind the Library of Alexandria, which is a happy coincidence.

And as for risk, we also remember her predecessor, Aaron Swartz.

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Re:Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time? by sepin4 on Monday July 05, 2021 @05:24AM (#27736015)

Knowledge is power and no one entity powerful enought likes to have it flowing freely. It would become free at about the same time the monetary system becomes obsolete, in other words never. That doesn't mean that the opposition to the powerful should stop and that is what Sci-Hub is.

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Re:Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time? by FooBarBizBazz on Monday July 05, 2021 @09:35AM (#27737819)

> flowing freely

Another reference to Saraswati.

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