Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone
From the article:<p>>>Among the few things she would not disclose is her current location, because she is at risk of financial ruin, extradition, and imprisonment because of a lawsuit launched by Elsevier last year.<p>Elsevier should be condemned for its greedy acts. People should send them letters of condemnation for their greedy acts, including for this lawsuit.<p>We can send them e-mails and therein can state, something on the following lines:<p>>>><p>Publisher,<p>I, a member of academia, am concerned about the hurdles you have put in the path of the progress of science and education. I condemn your behavior and also condemn your decision to file a lawsuit against a person named "Alexandra Elbakyan" to throttle her efforts to spread the publicly funded research knowledge to the public without any "middlemen" like you. I applaud her efforts behind the sci-hub project that was far long due. You might have forgotten by now, but due to, and/or by, the middlemen like you, a noble person named Aaron Swartz was harassed to no end and it must be due to the pain and stress inflicted in that harassment he committed suicide. Please wake up and get rid of your mean tactics and save whatever little goodwill you might have managed to retain.
No thanks, as I cannot thank you.<p><<<<p>Personally I have sent them a mail to this effect. Haven't got any response, it seems obvious.<p>Are there any legal repercussions that these mean, greedy publishers can pursue to harass the email senders, especially in USA? I am not from USA. Legal experts there can advise.<p>No need to mention, I am a huge fan of Alexandra Elbakyan and Aaron Swartz. They are great heroes of modern times. The thoughts of Aaron bring tears to my eyes. They are legendary and remind me of (may be fictional) Robin Hood [1].<p>I also thank all the academics who are actively helping the sci-hub project and all the people who are helping in their own capacity.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood</a><p>edit: added thanks to all academics and people.