Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed
So, fundamental question here - if scientific articles (or anything that can be copy protected, etc.) can be released online in this manner to &quot;free the knowledge&quot;, and yet, given such free access, there are still people that will pay for a subscription to access the same scientific articles, wouldn&#x27;t that be the best solution?<p>I see people commenting that just because of this release, universities won&#x27;t cancel their subscriptions to the journals.  Well, that would be great - let them keep paying, while the content also gets out for free.<p>This is like the trend where you can pay what you want for stuff, or nothing.  I wonder if that model would apply to scientific research - pay what you want for the paper, or nothing - but if you want to support that research.. hopefully people would still pay.<p>Just thinking out loud... probably already been thought of or wouldn&#x27;t work (or I&#x27;m just self-defeatist). :)