Illegal alternative to open access

" ... After a short hiatus, the pirate website sci-hub.io is back online again. The site allows users to download millions of academic papers and articles for free, and its database continues to expand day by day. After academic publisher Elsevier filed a complaint, a US judge ruled in late 2015 that the website had to go offline. But – as it goes in the world of illegal file-sharing – as long as there’s a demand, the supply is sure to pop up again some place or other ..."