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Re:It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientifi... by jimbob45 on Sunday October 31, 2021 @10:49PM (#29062585)
You say that but old journals are having their existence seriously threatened by one diminutive Kazakh girl.
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Re:It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientifi... by nikitaga on Sunday October 31, 2021 @10:53PM (#29062617)
Kudos to her, she's a hero. But that can only be done by someone working outside of the (western?) legal system. That is not a lifestyle for everyone. We can't blame average scientists for not being like her.

The law needs to change to require public access, so that her effort isn't needed.

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Re:It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientifi... by intended on Sunday October 31, 2021 @11:16PM (#29062710)
The first internet assaults on privacy started with the MPAA/RIAA to stop piracy.

While it lasted Napster seriously threatened the music industry.

Eventually though the music industry won, without care of the larger damage it wrought.

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Re:It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientifi... by registeredcorn on Monday November 01, 2021 @12:23AM (#29062977)
Which girl are you referring to?
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Re:It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientifi... by jimbob45 on Monday November 01, 2021 @12:28AM (#29062999)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Elbakyan

She's a hero as far as I'm concerned.

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Re:It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientifi... by ncmncm on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:57AM (#29063424)
She is the biggest hero, bigger than Edward Snowden, bigger than Linus Torvalds, bigger than Vint Cerf, bigger than Doug Englebert.
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Re:It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientifi... by CheezeIt on Monday November 01, 2021 @12:28AM (#29062997)
Sci-Hub Girl.
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Re:It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientifi... by dabeledo on Monday November 01, 2021 @05:27AM (#29064550)
Woman
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Re:It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientifi... by dr_dshiv on Monday November 01, 2021 @07:10AM (#29065238)
Human
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