An academic publisher wants search engines and ISPs to block access to Sci-Hub, "the Pirate Bay of science" — Quartz

"The academic publishing business is starting to look a bit like the music industry did in the late 1990s. Publishers have steadily raised the cost to access journal articles in recent years, and free alternatives to their high-priced subscription model—both legal and illegal—have started to spring up. And like the music industry in the ’90s, rather than adapting to the new landscape, some academic publishers are responding by filing lawsuits."