“stolen” is such an exaggerated misrepresentation…news organizations should really do better.
When you steal something from someone, the owner loses access to it.
She just liberated public research.
Also I have met people who have published some pretty important papers, most of them use scihub on a weekly basis, and none of them care that their papers get “stolen”. And they all have some strong opinions about Elsevier.
When a regular person makes something available that shouldnt be behind a paywall to begin with it’s stealing. When a billionaire or company uses ai to gather data from paid sources or just straight out plagiarises it’s just maximising profits.
like stealing video games that you technically license if you buy, you’re not stealing anything except access which is fundamentally the only thing they can sell
“stolen” is such an exaggerated misrepresentation…news organizations should really do better. When you steal something from someone, the owner loses access to it. She just liberated public research.
These articles were stolen, by the paywall operators. Elbakyan rescued them from the thieves. 🎉
Also I have met people who have published some pretty important papers, most of them use scihub on a weekly basis, and none of them care that their papers get “stolen”. And they all have some strong opinions about Elsevier.
When a regular person makes something available that shouldnt be behind a paywall to begin with it’s stealing. When a billionaire or company uses ai to gather data from paid sources or just straight out plagiarises it’s just maximising profits.
Using public information to create something new is not even a little the same as copying private information and then making it public.
Hey hey hey, hold on just a second. It’s not called “maximizing profits”, we don’t do that! It’s called ✨innovation✨
disruption 🤌
democratization 🫡
like stealing video games that you technically license if you buy, you’re not stealing anything except access which is fundamentally the only thing they can sell