From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 02:12:15 -0400

"One of the world's largest science publishers, Elsevier, won a
default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide
illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. A New
York district court awarded Elsevier US$15 million in damages for
copyright infringement by Sci-Hub, the Library of Genesis (LibGen)
project and related sites."

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"But academic publishing observers following the case have questioned
whether Elsevier will ever see any damages from Elbakyan, who resides
outside the court's jurisdiction and has no assets in the United
States. The ruling is also unlikely to prompt Sci-Hub or other pirate
sites to close up shop."

http://www.nature.com/news/us-court-grants-elsevier-millions-in-damages-from-sci-hub-1.22196

See also this:

"The Association of American Publishers (AAP) welcomes the June 21,
2017 ruling of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York regarding the willful infringement of scores of
scholarly articles protected by copyright law. Ruling in favor of
Elsevier, the publisher that brought the action, the Court entered a
default judgment against Sci-Hub, the Library Genesis Project, and a
number of related sites, and against the defendant operator."

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http://newsroom.publishers.org/the-association-of-american-publishers-welcomes-major-judgement-against-sci-hub-pirate-site/