Elsevier Gets Blocked in Sweden After it Legally Requires Internet Providers to Make Sci-Hub Locally Inaccessible | Open Science

peter.suber's bookmarks 2018-11-25

Summary:

"Even though Elsevier, which had failed to sign journal subscription contracts with Swedish university libraries over their demands for Open Access, has won a battle against Sci-Hub, an illegal platform for sharing scientific articles, in local courts in Sweden, Bahnhof, a local internet service provider, both complied with the injunction not to offer access to pirated content and effectively counter-blocks local attempts at browsing the websites of Elsevier and the Swedish court...."

Link:

https://openscience.com/elsevier-gets-blocked-in-sweden-after-it-legally-requires-internet-providers-to-make-sci-hub-locally-inaccessible/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.elsevier oa.sci-hub oa.sweden oa.access oa.guerrilla

Date tagged:

11/25/2018, 15:59

Date published:

11/25/2018, 10:59