American Chemical Society Sues Science ‘Piracy’ Website
lterrat's bookmarks 2017-06-28
Summary:
"he American Chemical Society has sued a Kazakhstan-based science piracy website for making its subscription-only, copyrighted materials available in open access.
The federal lawsuit alleges that Sci-Hub has been stealing materials and distributing it on “spoofed” websites intended to mimic the ACS’s own publishing locations, according to officials.
'Through these pirate sites, Sci-Hub illegally distributes copyrighted scientific journal articles and book content stolen from ACS,' said Glenn Ruskin, the director of ACS’s external affairs and communication.
The lawsuit names John Does 1-99 who are running sci-hub.cc. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on June 23, seeks to stop the pirate site from continuing to present the ACS materials."