What Sci-Hub’s latest court battle means for research

Delhi court will scrutinize whether the pirate paper website falls foul of India’s copyright law. The verdict could have implications for academic publishers further afield.
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  1. Holly Else
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Sci-Hub, the popular website that offers access to millions of pirated research papers and books, is no stranger to legal action. But, for the first time, the site is defending its operations in court, in a copyright case filed in India by a group of major publishers.

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Nature 600, 370-371 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03659-0

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  • Clarification 14 December 2021: This article has been updated to clarify that comments from Sci-Hub’s legal team come from both Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj and Sriya Sridhar.

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