Pirate paper website Sci-Hub dealt another blow by US courts : Nature News & Comment

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Summary:

"The American Chemical Society (ACS) has won a lawsuit against the pirate research-paper website Sci-Hub, over the site’s illicit use and dissemination of ACS articles. On 3 November, a US court ordered Sci-Hub's operators to pay the ACS US$4.8 million in damages for copyright infringement and trademark violation. Sci-Hub’s owners did not appear in court to present their case."

Link:

http://www.nature.com/news/pirate-paper-website-sci-hub-dealt-another-blow-by-us-courts-1.22971

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Tags:

oa.new oa.litigation oa.piracy oa.sci-hub oa.copyright oa.repositories oa.paywalls oa.guerrilla

Date tagged:

11/08/2017, 12:26

Date published:

11/08/2017, 07:26