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by AmIDev 1867 days ago
Alexandra mentioned that she didn't want this project to be illegal forever.

Why India specifically? Probably because the same court has previously decided that photocopying books for personal use is fair-use, as long as no profit is being made.

Being legal in India would be a huge benefit. sci-hub could be hosted on a .in domain with servers hosted in India. No more cat and mouse game.