Guerilla Open Access and Robin Hood PR market failures | Telepolis

"With the shadow library Sci Hub combines a discussion about the business model of scientific publishing After the scientific publisher Elsevier before a New York court late last year, the cancellation of the domains of the shadow libraries Sci-stroke, and BookFi LIBGEN procured , should be enjoyed in the Dutch company address the feeling of victory. But it seems as if the triumph of short duration and also quite deceptive. Shadow libraries are online databases offered through the scientific documents to download, without this provision is legally allowed. This is exactly why sued Elsevier said services also because they made accessible texts on which Elsevier had the exclusive rights of distribution and therefore the commercialization through licensing or sale. However, the action turns out, though it was successful, visibly as beating the air: The sites are now back under new domains available , so that only a short-term disability of the supply of academic literature has to be stated by the shadow libraries. In addition, none of the operators has been identified as a person or even prosecuted - the latter would also be difficult because many of the operators probably come from countries such as Russia, where a successful action brought before a US court delivers virtually no recourse for the enforcement of further legal means ..."