Judge Recommends ISP and Search Engine Blocking of Sci-Hub in the US
Found on Torrentfreak on Wednesday, 04 October 2017
Sci-Hub, which is regularly referred to as the "Pirate Bay of Science," faces one of the strongest anti-piracy injunctions we have seen in the US to date. A magistrate judge in Virginia has recommended a broad order which would require search engines and Internet providers to block the site.
Sci-Hub itself doesn’t seem to be too bothered by the blocking prospect or the millions in damages it faces. The site has a Tor version which can’t be blocked by Internet providers, so determined scientists will still be able to access the site if they want.
If you want better education, you need to make scientific material easier and cheaper to access for everybody. Sci-Hub is just making the information available for everybody.