From: Subbiah Arunachalam <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 21:41:17 +0530 Friends: "Do we as librarians really believe that large-scale copyright infringement is a good thing, that it's right, and a means to a better future?" A good question. It will have many answers depending on the circumstances of the individuals. Let me ask "Do we as scientists/ librarians / citizens/ taxpayers really believe that it is a good thing for the world to allow journal publishers to continue to charge exorbitant prices for subscriptions, reprints, permission for using one's own figures and tables in a subsequent work, etc. and report profits of upwards of 35% year after year?" In some ways Aaron Swartz and Alexandra Elbakyan are following the example set by Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King. What Jean-Claude has referred to as civil disobedience. They deserve to be looked up as Good Samaritans doing public good. If anything is needed, we need to change the copyright laws. Copyright to research papers must rightfully be decided by the authors. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009