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by llvim 2290 days ago
is this legal?
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lalaland1125 2290 days ago
No. But not all illegal things are immoral.
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degski 2290 days ago
Limiting the acquisition of knowledge to people with sufficient economic means is immoral, because it means that more than half the worlds population has no means to move forward, even if they are motivated and intelligent.
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dredmorbius 2289 days ago
Though discussing Sci-Hub and scientific articles, much of this argument applies as well to textbooks and publishing generally:

What the academic publishing industry calls "theft" the world calls "research": Why Sci-Hub is so popular

https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4p2rwk/what_th...

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