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takyon writes:

Sci-Hub is a web hydra, not unlike The Pirate Bay:

Sci-Hub is often referred to as the "Pirate Bay of Science," and this description has become more and more apt in recent weeks.

Initially, the comparison was made to illustrate that Sci-Hub is used by researchers to download articles for free, much like the rest of the world uses The Pirate Bay to get free stuff.

There are more parallels though. Increasingly, Sci-Hub has trouble keeping its domain names. Following two injunctions in the US, academic publishers now have court orders to compel domain registrars and registries to suspend Sci-Hub's addresses.

Although there is no such court order for The Pirate Bay, the notorious torrent site also has a long history of domain suspensions. Both sites appear to tackle the problem in a similar manner. They simply ignore all enforcement efforts and bypass them with new domains and other circumvention tools. They have several backup domains in place as well as unsuspendable .onion addresses, which are accessible on the Tor network.

Since late November, a lot of Sci-Hub users have switched to Sci-Hub.bz when other domains were suspended. And, when the .bz domain was targeted a few days ago, they moved to different alternatives. It's a continuous game of Whack-a-Mole that is hard to stop.

Don't forget Library Genesis .

Previously: 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

Original Submission

1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "Sci-Hub" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub
3. "not unlike The Pirate Bay" - https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hub-battles-pirate-bay-esque-domain-name-whack-a-mole-171216/
4. "Sci-Hub" - https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hub-tears-down-academias-illegal-copyright-paywalls-150627/
5. "injunctions" - https://torrentfreak.com/us-court-grants-isps-and-search-engine-blockade-of-sci-hub-171106/
6. "long history" - https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-is-back-to-square-one-after-months-of-domain-hopping-151231/
7. "switched to Sci-Hub.bz" - https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hub-loses-domain-names-but-remains-resilient-171122/
8. "Library Genesis" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis
9. "The Research Pirates of the Dark Web" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/02/15/1716236
10. "Sci-Hub, the Repository of "Infringing" Academic Papers Now Available Via "Telegram"" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/05/17/1127257
11. "Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages from Sci-Hub and Libgen" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/05/19/124215
12. "US Court Grants Elsevier Millions in Damages From Sci-Hub" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/06/25/0225249
13. "Sci-Hub Faces $4.8 Million Piracy Damages and ISP Blocking" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/09/06/0251216
14. "Virginia District Court Demands that ISPs and Search Engines Block Sci-Hub" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/11/08/0340230
15. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=23864

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