There should be free access to scientific research. At this moment, Elsevier seems to be winning - if you try to use Sci-Hub, you eventually just get to a page that says:
The sci-hub.io page isn’t working
sci-hub.io is currently unable to handle this request.
However, I think Sci-Hub is making a mistake. Instead of calling for an end to copyright on scientific papers, it should confine itself to providing access for now. The "copyleft" idea applied to software by fsf.org seems applicable to research papers.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by Victor.
Elsevier is winning, at the moment
There should be free access to scientific research.
However, I think Sci-Hub is making a mistake. Instead of calling for an end to copyright on scientific papers, it should confine itself to providing access for now. The "copyleft" idea applied to software by fsf.org seems applicable to research papers.At this moment, Elsevier seems to be winning - if you try to use Sci-Hub, you eventually just get to a page that says: