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It is the photo of a person with long dark hair, colourful shirt, and wearing a pirate hat. To their left, the logo of Sci-hub. To their right, that of The Pirate Bay. Over the image float several sentences in white with black border:

knowledge belongs to humanity THEY DON’T EVEN PAY THE PEER REVIEWERS piracy of academic material is morally good and justified your taxes fund this research be gay do crime it’s your to take if you want

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[-] OwOhollyShiitake@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Heh. I'm just now working on my undergrad thesis and the University said that they would be made publicly available. Now, I am a firm believer in all things FOSS, and, as such, I'd be heartbroken if my paper ended up on one of these scummy websites.

I don't even care about getting paid, I just want the knowledge out there man

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