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title: "1 Access Knowledge Quotes By Alexandra Elbakyan"
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> [For me, Sci-Hub has a value by itself, as a website where users can access knowledge. There are many websites where you can see pictures, share tweets, download music, read ebooks. And Sci-Hub is a website where you can read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/for-me-sci-hub-has-a-value-by-itself-as-a-website-where-users-can/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/alexandra-elbakyan-21024_knowledge_for-me-sci-hub-has-a-value-by-itself-as_2467885.jpg)

## More by Alexandra Elbakyan

> [There is the possibility to be suddenly arrested for hacking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/there-is-the-possibility-to-be-suddenly-arrested-for-hacking/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [I want to collect the entire range of scientific and educational literature and make it accessible to the whole world. Just like Google Books,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/i-want-to-collect-the-entire-range-of-scientific-and-educational/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [I like their slogan 'making uncommon knowledge common' very much, but as far as I can tell Elsevier has not mastered this job well.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/i-like-their-slogan-making-uncommon-knowledge-common-very-much-but-as/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [Journal paywalls are an example of something that works in the reverse direction, making communication less open and efficient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/journal-paywalls-are-an-example-of-something-that-works-in-the/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [I know there are some reasons to suspect me: after all, I have education in computer security and was a hobby hacker in teenage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/i-know-there-are-some-reasons-to-suspect-me-after-all-i-have/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [I could obtain any paper by pirating it, so I solved many requests and people always were very grateful for my help. After that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/i-could-obtain-any-paper-by-pirating-it-so-i-solved-many-requests-and/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [Providing free access to research papers on websites like Sci-Hub breaks so-called copyright law that was made to taboo free distribution of information on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/providing-free-access-to-research-papers-on-websites-like-sci-hub/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [I have a lot of supporters but they are not well organized. They send me donations but for the most part, their commitment is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/i-have-a-lot-of-supporters-but-they-are-not-well-organized-they-send/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [All content should be copied without restriction. But for education and research, copyright laws are especially damaging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/all-content-should-be-copied-without-restriction-but-for-education/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [I started a crowdfunding campaign on Sci-Hub to buy additional drives, and soon had my own copy of the database collected by LibGen, around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/i-started-a-crowdfunding-campaign-on-sci-hub-to-buy-additional-drives/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [There should be no obstacles to accessing knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/there-should-be-no-obstacles-to-accessing-knowledge/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [When I was a student in Kazakhstan University, I did not have access to any research papers. These papers I needed for my research…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/when-i-was-a-student-in-kazakhstan-university-i-did-not-have-access/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [Science should belong to scientists and not the publishers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/science-should-belong-to-scientists-and-not-the-publishers/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [Scientific knowledge belongs to humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/scientific-knowledge-belongs-to-humanity/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

> [I perceive Sci-Hub as a practical side of my research.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-elbakyan/i-perceive-sci-hub-as-a-practical-side-of-my-research/)

[Alexandra Elbakyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-elbakyan/)

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