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Yesterday I picked the smallest file in the seed needed list to share due to personal disk space issues, but I noticed today that the list has been shrinking, which is a good thing, we can get it to clear!
#SciHub

phryk 🏴

2021-05-18 12:47:38


SCI-HUB NEEDS YOUR HELP!

Do you have a few dozen gigabytes of free diskspace and a machine that can seed it via #bittorrent?

You can help save an unbelievable trough of scientific knowledge from disappearing behind the elites' paywalls!

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/nc27fv/rescue_mission_for_scihub_and_open_science_we_are/

https://phillm.net/torrent-health-frontend/seeds-needed-scimag.php

Spread the word and seed till you bleed – for the betterment of humanity!

Poster of the raven from the Sci-Hub logo perched atop the ruins of JSTOR, Elsevier and Springer tagged "To remove all barriers in the way of science!"

#bittorrent #scihub

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Brad Koehn ☑️
Brad Koehn ☑️  
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What liability comes with sharing one of these torrents? Are they copywritten? I'd be happy to share, but I don't need the hassle of a lawsuit just now, thanks.
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Brad Koehn ☑️ I believe the most probable consequence is a DMCA takedown notice if it ever happens. A full-fledged lawsuit seems unlikely but it always possible when skirting copyright laws. However even the self-admitted maintainer of SciHub hasn't been targeted with a full-on lawsuit yet (a DOJ investigation is under way), so as a partial seeder of this archive, I'm not too worried.
@Brad Koehn ☑️
Bosshammer
Bosshammer  
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You should always use a VPN, no matter what you download Brad.
Brad Koehn ☑️
Brad Koehn ☑️  
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Then I'm afraid "sorry; no" will need to be my answer. If it was public domain stuff that people put behind a paywall just so they could charge for it, that's one thing.
Bosshammer
Bosshammer  
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Fear is your enemy!
Khurram Wadee
Khurram Wadee  
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I think the moral issue is clear but legality has little to do with morality.
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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I have no idea what you are talking about, I just added the torrent to my regular BitTorrent client on my laptop.
Brad Koehn ☑️
Brad Koehn ☑️  
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It's not that I don't think the copyright holders are in the right at all; but a lawsuit just now is not a thing I need. If you're willing to cover the cost of my legal defense and all liability, I'll happily host several terabytes.

Let me know.
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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Interesting, I didn't know about it, thanks!
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