Journal paywalls are an example of something that works in the reverse direction, making communication less open and efficient.

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• Alexandra Elbakyan:

  I perceive Sci-Hub as a practical side of my research.

• Alexandra Elbakyan:

  What was especially surprising for me is that there are many people who view Sci-Hub as some kind o

• Alexandra Elbakyan:

  For me, Sci-Hub has a value by itself, as a website where users can access knowledge. There are man

• Alexandra Elbakyan:

  All content should be copied without restriction. But for education and research, copyright laws ar

• Alexandra Elbakyan:

  It may be well possible that phished passwords ended up being used at Sci-Hub. I did not send any p

• Alexandra Elbakyan:

  Elsevier operates by racket: if you do not send money, you will not read any papers. On my website,

• Alexandra Elbakyan:

  Scientific knowledge belongs to humanity.

• Alexandra Elbakyan:

  When I was a student in Kazakhstan University, I did not have access to any research papers. These

• Alexandra Elbakyan:

  I have a lot of supporters but they are not well organized. They send me donations but for the most

• Alexandra Elbakyan:

  I want to collect the entire range of scientific and educational literature and make it accessible