Hardlook: Copyright vs wrong | Delhi News

"The publishing giants have appealed for a permanent injunction against them for copyright infringement by “unauthorised hosting, reproducing, distributing, making available to the public and/or communicating to the public, or facilitating the same, of the Original Works owned by the Plaintiffs”. They have requested the court to order the Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technology and Ministry of Communi-cations and its Department of Telecommunications to issue a notification to internet and telecom service providers registered under it to block access to the sites in question.

The hearing is listed for September 28....

The legal representation for Sci-Hub in India began building momentum when a young lawyer in Delhi — a regular user of the site himself — decided to try reaching out to Elbakyan....He said he messaged her on Twitter but did not get a response. He then found her email ID and reached out to her there, after which she agreed to let him represent her...."