Tag: Elsevier
The Scholarly Networks Security Initiative
What is Elsevier and Springer Nature’s SNSI? This post will discuss the publisher-led Scholarly Networks Security Initiative, which was allegedly introduced to combat cybercrime in the scholarly content field.
Intellectual Freedom News 7/12/19
Removed books have been returned to the Danville Correctional Center; The future of ebook pricing: ALA concerned over recent changes in publisher strategy; How do we protect our kids’ data and privacy
Intellectual Freedom News 3/8/2019
Editorial: Book banning a slippery slope; Call for nominations: 2019 Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor; To exhibit or not to exhibit? Privacy concerns and library exhibits
SCI-HUB AS CRIMINAL: A PUBLISHER’S VIEW
My previous posting explored the phenomenon of Sci-Hub, a site dedicated to providing free access to more than 50 million academic papers without regard to their ownership status or to copyright laws. This post looks at the legal issues involved, in contrast to the previous post’s articulation of the argument for open access.
Sci-Hub: Research Crusader or Copyright Criminal?
Sci-Hub is an online repository of over 51,000,000 scientific academic papers and articles, available through its website. New papers are uploaded daily after accessing them through educational institutions. Founded by Alexandra Elbakyan from Kazakhstan in 2011, it began as a reaction to the high cost of research papers behind paywalls, typically US$30 each when bought on a per-paper basis. Academic publisher Elsevier has in 2015 filed a legal complaint in New York City alleging copyright infringement by Sci-Hub.