- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers [Updated]::Previous efforts to unmask the people behind Libgen have failed.
“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers [Updated]::Previous efforts to unmask the people behind Libgen have failed.
The US Textbook industry single-handedly justifies the existence of Library Genesis (if it requires justification)
The EU is not any better on that front. Looking a you Elsevier and Springer.
Elsevier is probably the worst of them. When even authors want to stay away from a publisher due to their behavior, that means something.
Academic publishers don't pay authors, which is only part of the reason we hate them. Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?.
Yeah, this should be illegal. This is a monopoly on steroids funded by taxpayer money.
Think of how much innovation gets stifled by these gatekeepers. I've seen interesting research get forced out of the pipeline of a premier journal into that of a lower standard mainly because two of the reviewers held a personal grudge against the PI (principle investigator) attempting to publish.
Elsevier is pure evil
At this point I'm pretty sure even Satan sold his Elsevier stock out of ethical concern.
Buying and selling textbooks in college taught me more about American capitalism than my economics courses ever did
What part of buying a textbook for $250 then selling it back in like-new condition to the same retailer for $20 three months later is bad for the consumer?