[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] Malamud’s General Index: Research Gist, No Slap On The Wrist

Read: 7/11/2021 hackaday.com

Tired of that unsettling feeling you get from looking for paywalled papers on that one site that shall not be named? Yeah, us too. But now there’s an alternative that should feel a little less illegal: this new index of the world’s research papers over on the Internet Archive.

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[Link] Separating Ideas From Words

Read: 6/11/2021 hackaday.com

We covered Malamud’s General Index this week, and Mike and I were talking about it on the podcast as well. It’s the boldest attempt we’ve seen so far to open up scientific knowledge for everyone, and not just the wealthiest companies and institutions.

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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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