Case leaning against Sci-Hub, Delhi HC remarks in hearing

peter.suber's bookmarks 2022-05-19

Summary:

" "I am ready to (issue a) decree and it will not be good for you, it will beagainst you," the Delhi High Court said to lawyers representing Sci-Hub, an online repository of pirated academic papers, while hearing a lawsuit filed by three publishers of scientific journals and articles - Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society (ACS) - on May 13. Sci-Hub's counsel Nilesh Jain challenged the plaintiffs' claims that it has a copyright of the material that is hosted on Sci-Hub - a new turn in the case. But Amit Sibal, the counsel for the publishers, pointed out that Sci Hub had not amended their written statement (containing the rebuttal arguments of the parties that have been sued)...."

Link:

https://www.medianama.com/2022/05/223-sci-hub-publishers-lawsuit-hearing-delhi-high-court/

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oa.south oa.sci-hub oa.new oa.litigation oa.india oa.copyright oa.guerrilla oa.paywalled

Date tagged:

05/19/2022, 13:57

Date published:

05/19/2022, 09:57