High academic journal prices justify sharing of illegal articles | The Daily Texan

"Last October, Russian neuroscientist Alexandra Elbakyan was indicted by a New York district court for creating a website that illegally uploaded over 47 million scientific journal articles to the web. Her case highlights the growing tension in the scientific community over the unfair business practices of journal publishers, which charge upwards of $35 a pop for articles that authors submit pro bono ..."