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Sci-Hub Founder Criticises Sudden Twitter Ban Over Over "Counterfeit" Content
Twitter has suspended the account of Sci-Hub, a site that offers a free gateway to paywalled research. The site is accused of violating the counterfeit policy of the social media platform. However, founder Alexandra Elbakyan believes that this is an effort to silence the growing support amidst a high profile court case in India.
[...] In recent weeks, Sci-Hub has become the focus of a high-profile lawsuit in India where Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society want the site blocked. The case isn't as straightforward as in other countries, in part because access to Sci-Hub is seen as vital by many local academics.
Earlier this week, the Indian High Court declared the case an "issue of public importance," inviting experts and scientists to testify on the matter. Meanwhile, however, the pressure on Sci-Hub grows.
Judge: Sci-Hub Blocking Case "Important" For Science, Community Representations Will Be Heard
A High Court judge says that nineteen scientists and three scientific and medical organizations will have their intervention applications heard before any decision is handed down in the ongoing Sci-Hub blocking case. Filed by several publishers, the lawsuit seeks ISP blocking of the platform in India. Justice JR Midha notes that the case addresses an "issue of public importance."
On December 21, 2020, academic publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society filed a lawsuit demanding that Indian ISPs block access to Sci-Hub and Libgen.
[...] As reported this week, scientists, academics, teachers and students have been applying pressure to have their voices heard in the case. According to them, any blocking of Sci-Hub and Libgen would amount to a denial of access to information crucial to the wellbeing of not only the scientific and research communities but also of India as a whole.
During a hearing yesterday at the Delhi High Court, the publishers hoped to obtain an order to have the platforms and their many domains blocked. However, the presiding judge listened to the calls of the scientific community and agreed that a delay to allow more detailed consideration would be appropriate in this case.
"It is an issue of public importance. It's very important to the scientific community," said Justice JR Midha.
Previously:
Elsevier Cracks Down on "Pirate" Science Search Engines
The Research Pirates of the Dark Web
Sci-Hub, the Repository of "Infringing" Academic Papers Now Available Via "Telegram"
Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages from Sci-Hub and Libgen
US Court Grants Elsevier Millions in Damages From Sci-Hub
Sci-Hub Faces $4.8 Million Piracy Damages and ISP Blocking
Virginia District Court Demands that ISPs and Search Engines Block Sci-Hub
Sci-Hub Bounces from TLD to TLD
Sci-Hub Proves That Piracy Can be Dangerously Useful
Paywall: A Documentary About the Movement for Open-Access Science Publishing
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12 2021, @12:55PM
Thank god twitter is censoring all these people. Resistance!!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12 2021, @04:43PM
YES PLEASE DADDY OPEN ME WIDER
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Tuesday January 12 2021, @05:09PM (7 children)
Sci-hub is almost entirely a public good, and literally the only losers for it existing are widely-hated scumbags like Elsevier
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12 2021, @05:36PM (6 children)
Scihub is a Russian psyop meant to undermine democracy. Americans voted for strong IP rights, any attack on those rights is a direct attack on the American way of life.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12 2021, @05:57PM (2 children)
FTFY.
If they dared take their preciousss IP laws to a national referendum, they would be left with maybe 10% of what they got. Everything they stole from the public in the last decades, should be given back, there is no excuse for any of the crazy tricks they pulled with the copyright.
If anything, there were orders of magnitude more creativity in the epoch of short copyright term. Which is fully understandable as then you could not milk one work forever and ever, and your new work had to outcompete preexisting works on the merits.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12 2021, @08:46PM (1 child)
Why do you hate scientists? Humble public servants like the great folks at Moderna and Pfizer wouldn't be able to bring us the miracles they do without strong IP protections.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12 2021, @11:31PM
I don't hate scientists. I hate the corporate lobbies that have undermined our democracy.
Science should be about open access to information.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12 2021, @08:35PM (1 child)
I am an American that's against strong IP privileges and I don't feel like my vote is being counted.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12 2021, @08:44PM
No, you're a Russian agent.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12 2021, @09:16PM
"undermine democracy."
I don't think I've ever seen large crowds of people protesting in favor of stronger IP laws. I have, however, seen large crowds of people oppose SOPA and TPP