Mind & Matter Sci-Hub, Open Data, Freedom of Information & the Democratization of Science | Alexandra Elbakyan | #57
Feb 10, 2022
37:57
Nick talks to Alexandra Elbakyan, the founder of Sci-hub, a shadow library website that provides free access to millions of research papers and books, without regard to copyright, by bypassing publishers' paywalls in various ways. Sci-hub is used by millions of people around the world each month, granting them free and easy access to scientific research findings.
Nick spoke to Alexandra about how Sci-hub works, why she built it, and some of the legal challenges she has faced from large scientific publishing corporations. This conversation was conducted with a professional Russian-English translator, whose voice you will hear in the recording in place of Alexandra's.
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