Why Indian researchers oppose efforts to have a pirate website banned
Big publishers say the Sci-Hub site is guilty of copyright infringement. But many academics say the material it makes available is vital for their projects. Dec 24, 2020 · 06:30 am
Sci-Hub claims to “remove all barriers in the way of science”. In its “about us” section, the website proudly announces that it is “the first pirate website in the world to provide mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers”.
In other words, the “shadow library website” – as Wikipedia describes it – provides unrestricted access to research papers and journals that are otherwise behind paywalls.