What the academic publishing industry calls "theft" the world calls "research": Why Sci-Hub is so popular : dredmorbius
lkfitz's bookmarks 2017-09-22
Summary:
"Because journals no longer serve a primary role as publishers of academic material, but as gatekeepers over academic professional advancement. This perpetrates multiple pathologies: papers don't advance knowledge, academics are blackmailed into the system, and access to knowledge is curtailed"