Sci-Hub founder receives EFF award for providing access to scientific knowledge
I work for a Uni and remember back in the day compromised accounts ripping publisher content via our proxy. Enough that we wound up removing the proxy and forcing internal access.<p>A lot of the reason that Sci-Hub content has stalled in more recent users is security around accounts (MFA, SAML etc).<p>The reason there is still a lot of warnings floating around about using Sci-Hub is the threat that publishers hold over Unis in terms of licensing and the users understanding the threat to their accounts/personal data.<p>The method of getting the papers was bad, even if the reasoning was good.<p>Hopefully more Universities continue focusing on open access of their research in line with BOAI (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Open_Access_Initiative" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Open_Access_Initiativ...</a>).