Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 21:44:22 -0500

The article refers to the authentications as "stolen," but isn't it true that many of the access codes are given to Sci-Hub freely by cooperating academics?

Sandy Thatcher

On Wed, Dec  5, 2018 09:04 PM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 12:18:34 -0700
>
>The intra-FSU politics of Sci-Hub have been the subject of speculation
>before (
>https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/8/16985666/alexandra-elbakyan-sci-hub-open-access-science-papers-lawsuit),
>with Elbakyan's presumed residence in Russia complicating the hypothetical
>narratives.  She was interviewed in the propaganda film *Paywall*, but was
>not asked questions that would clarify the funding, control, and operation
>of Sci-Hub.  Now today, this news, presumably a complication:
>
>https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/sci-hub-blocked-in-russia-following-ruling-by-moscow-court/3009838.article#.XAWkzt3kPek.twitter
>
>Jim O'Donnell
>ASU


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