From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:17:47 -0400

Many readers have seen these pieces making the rounds today.  Do folks
regard this practice as hacking or as normal scholarly sharing of
single articles?  Why?

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-34572462

http://qz.com/528526/academics-have-found-a-way-to-access-insanely-expensive-research-papers-for-free/

"Scientists are tweeting a link of the paywalled article along with
their email address in the hashtag—a riff on the infamous meme of a
fluffy cat’s “I Can Has Cheezburger?” line. Someone else who does have
access to the article downloads a pdf of the paper and emails the file
to the person requesting it. The initial tweet is then deleted as soon
as the requester receives the file."