From: "Smith, Kevin L" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 13:04:33 +0000

It is a rather curious article, beginning with the very intimidating
language quoted, but going on to note that the founder of Sci-Hub
expects to continue to defy the U.S. court.  There is probably very
little that Elsevier can do to enforce a judgment it obtains, so any
award is likely to have only symbolic value.  Even the symbolism seems
likely to have only limited impact, since the grandiose language of
righteous indignation in Elsevier's motion is so common to them.  They
say things like "staggering" and "egregious" in every press release
they issue about alleged infringement and even about public access
proposals.  They cry wolf so often, in short, that even when that
language might be justified it is just too easy to dismiss.  And, of
course, there is the point made at the end of the article that
Elsevier has likely brought more attention to Sci-Hub than would have
been possible if they had simply ignored it.  I am sure the
decision-makers at Elsevier thought this would be their "Napster
moment," but the truth is that they pretty much made Sci-Hub what it
is, and now they are finding that they cannot put the genie back in
the bottle.

Kevin L. Smith, J.D.
Dean of Libraries
University of Kansas

-----Original Message-----
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2017 09:24:47 -0400

Article we missed last week:

"'Pirate' sites Sci-Hub and LibGen face millions of dollars in damages
in a lawsuit filed by Elsevier, one of the largest academic
publishers. Elsevier has requested a default judgment of $15 million
against the defendants for their "truly egregious conduct" and
"staggering" infringement."

https://torrentfreak.com/elsevier-wants-15-million-piracy-damages-from-sci-hub-and-libgen-170518/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTWpOak1tWXhaRGhtTmpBNSIsInQiOiI3QzdyUW5nUlB0UzYrcTBQYzNMN2pKXC9pR3Vrc250VzRGaks4bHh6QWphZTV1STYybUE2Zm5DU0VOVnRMQktwZWNpb3RpamwyS1lRWnAzQVZ4cStHZnBwcWplK1lZRncxc2t2SWtCV3BDODNCVnE2RmhnNzd5SGk3aUF0TDhkY0UifQ%3D%3D