Why Sci-hub is the key to fixing scientific publishing

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This should be a two-part piece:

1. Explain the background, how sci-hub works, and why it's important right now.
2. Lay out some ways that it can be a platform for accelerating change in the future.

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Resources:

• 93.174.95.27
  • /scimag/repository_torrent_notforall sci-hub torrent archive
  • /scimag_database sci-hub DB backups
  • /repository_torrent lib-gen torrent archive
• gen.lib.rus.ec
  • /dbdumps lib-gen DB backups
  • /scimag alternative search interface for sci-hub based at lib-gen

[joeyklee]

+1 - make it happen!

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Logging articles to refer to in this comment:

• Why Sci-Hub Won’t Lead to the Downfall of Science Publishers
• http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2016/03/03/some-radical-thoughts-about-scihub/
• http://svpow.com/2016/02/28/what-is-alexandra-elbakyans-motivation-for-creating-and-running-sci-hub/
• https://blogs.princeton.edu/librarian/2016/03/sci-hub-and-information-apartheid/
• https://kaprifolia.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/scholarly-access-is-about-education/

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And this awesome book: https://archive.org/details/PimpsAndFerretsCopyrightAndCultureInTheUnitedStates1831-1891

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Analysis of the metadata:

• 49,868,602 unique DOIs in the database as of 2016/02/13
• more to come