“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers [Updated]::Previous efforts to unmask the people behind Libgen have failed.

  • Magnor
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    1910 months ago

    Yeah, this should be illegal. This is a monopoly on steroids funded by taxpayer money.

    • @RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
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      710 months ago

      Think of how much innovation gets stifled by these gatekeepers. I’ve seen interesting research get forced out of the pipeline of a premier journal into that of a lower standard mainly because two of the reviewers held a personal grudge against the PI (principle investigator) attempting to publish.