[Link] Sci-Hub: Researchers File Intervention Application To Fight ISP Blocking

Read: 22/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

Last December, academic publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society filed a lawsuit demanding that Indian ISPs block access to Sci-Hub and Libgen for copyright infringement.

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[Link] Major U.K. science funder to require grantees to make papers immediately free to all

Read: 26/8/2021 www.sciencemag.org

The United Kingdom currently has one of the highest rates of open-access publication in the world, with many researchers posting their research papers on websites that make them publicly available for free.

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[Link] Sci-Hub Pledges Open Source & AI Alongside Crypto Donation Drive

Read: 9/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan has launched a donation drive to ensure the operations and development of the popular academic research platform.

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