Police are warning students and universities not to access Sci-Hub, an "illegal website" that allows users to download scientific research papers normally locked behind expensive subscriptions. Russia-based Sci-Hub describes itself as "the first pirate website in the world to provide mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers", and is run in support of the Open Access movement, responding to the increasingly large fees charged by publishers. However, the City of London Police have claimed the organisation obtains the papers it shares "through a variety of malicious means, such as the use of phishing emails to trick university staff and students into divulging their login credentials". "Sci-Hub then use this to compromise the university's network and download the research papers," the police added. [...] Peter Suber, a prominent advocate for the Open Access movement, has warned that using unlawful methods would result in the Open Access movement being given a bad name. [...] However, the site remains extremely popular among students and a number of academics, with numerous posts on social media celebrating their ability to access research that has often been conducted using public funds. [...] "Sci-Hub, and similar pirate sites, also threaten the research process," the SNSI statement added. "Unlike academic publishers and societies, they have no incentive to ensure the accuracy of scientific articles, no incentive to ensure published papers meet ethical standards, and no incentive to retract or correct articles if issues arise." [...] Continua con una buona quantità di FUD contro sci-hub su http://web.archive.org/web/20210321115431/https://news.sky.com/story/police-... Dunque mi raccomando con tutti i giovani lettori di questa lista: NON visitate siti come https://sci-hub.se/ o https://sci-hub.st/ Danneggereste i profitti dei poveri editori che tanto fanno per regolare l'accesso alla conscenza! Non vorrete mica violare le leggi sul copyright! L'obiezione di coscienza... è roba da adulti! ;-) Giacomo