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.A lot of the reason that Sci-Hub content has stalled in more recent users is security around accounts (MFA, SAML etc).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.The method of getting the papers was bad, even if the reasoning was good.Hopefully more Universities continue focusing on open access of their research in line with BOAI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Open_Access_Initiativ...).