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Lawsuits progress against Sci‐Hub: Distributor of pirated papers loses to Elsevier, faces new suit from American Chemical Society.

Authors :
Kemsley, Jyllian
Source :
C&EN Global Enterprise. 7/3/2017, Vol. 95 Issue 27, p1-10. 10p.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

The article reports that a U.S. court has awarded Elsevier BV 15 million dollars in damages for copyright infringement by Sci-Hub and a similar website, both of which provide free access to pirated scientific journal articles. The American Chemical Society (ACS) has filed its own lawsuit against Sci-Hub. Elsevier filed its lawsuit against Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, and their operators in 2015.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
24747408
Volume :
95
Issue :
27
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
C&EN Global Enterprise
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
125270420