From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:35:03 -0700

First Elsevier, now the American Chemical Society, seeing Elsevier's
success, files suit against offshore malefactors.

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/20
17/june/acs-files-suit-against-sci-hub.html

The question this raises in my mind is, why do these large and powerful
organizations think it's worthwhile filing and winning these suits.  Their
lawyers and the process cost them a fair packet, while the malefactors
revel in their ability to escape the long arm of the law.  Suggests to me
there's a deeper game going on.  Worth doing all this to make a careful
show of protecting their rights against future malefactors who may be
within reach?  I would be glad to be instructed.

Jim O'Donnell
Arizona State