← Back to context Comment by ikeboy 10 years ago Does this apply for academic links as well? I.e. can we post a mirror to a paywalled study? 8 comments ikeboy Reply dang 10 years ago I commented about this at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10179203, though it isn't a complete answer. JorgeGT 10 years ago Apparently yes, think what would happen if HN would lose Nature, Science, Cell, IEEE, etc. original content! ikeboy 10 years ago Several of those don't have real or full paywalls anymore.I was thinking more of Elsevier, which actively sues websites that publish mirrors of papers (see https://torrentfreak.com/elsevier-cracks-down-on-pirated-sci...). JorgeGT 10 years ago There are indeed a lot of high IF journals in Elsevier (152 on Computer Science alone) so if pay-only news articles are allowed I don't see why hard science shouldn't, right? 4 replies →
dang 10 years ago I commented about this at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10179203, though it isn't a complete answer.
JorgeGT 10 years ago Apparently yes, think what would happen if HN would lose Nature, Science, Cell, IEEE, etc. original content! ikeboy 10 years ago Several of those don't have real or full paywalls anymore.I was thinking more of Elsevier, which actively sues websites that publish mirrors of papers (see https://torrentfreak.com/elsevier-cracks-down-on-pirated-sci...). JorgeGT 10 years ago There are indeed a lot of high IF journals in Elsevier (152 on Computer Science alone) so if pay-only news articles are allowed I don't see why hard science shouldn't, right? 4 replies →
ikeboy 10 years ago Several of those don't have real or full paywalls anymore.I was thinking more of Elsevier, which actively sues websites that publish mirrors of papers (see https://torrentfreak.com/elsevier-cracks-down-on-pirated-sci...). JorgeGT 10 years ago There are indeed a lot of high IF journals in Elsevier (152 on Computer Science alone) so if pay-only news articles are allowed I don't see why hard science shouldn't, right? 4 replies →
JorgeGT 10 years ago There are indeed a lot of high IF journals in Elsevier (152 on Computer Science alone) so if pay-only news articles are allowed I don't see why hard science shouldn't, right? 4 replies →
I commented about this at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10179203, though it isn't a complete answer.
Apparently yes, think what would happen if HN would lose Nature, Science, Cell, IEEE, etc. original content!
Several of those don't have real or full paywalls anymore.
I was thinking more of Elsevier, which actively sues websites that publish mirrors of papers (see https://torrentfreak.com/elsevier-cracks-down-on-pirated-sci...).
There are indeed a lot of high IF journals in Elsevier (152 on Computer Science alone) so if pay-only news articles are allowed I don't see why hard science shouldn't, right?
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