When I was working on my research project, I found out that all research papers I needed for work were paywalled. I was a student in Kazakhstan at the time and our university was not subscribed to anything. — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
I want to collect the entire range of scientific and educational literature and make it accessible to the whole world. Just like Google Books,… — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
I like their slogan 'making uncommon knowledge common' very much, but as far as I can tell Elsevier has not mastered this job well.… — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
Journal paywalls are an example of something that works in the reverse direction, making communication less open and efficient. — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
I know there are some reasons to suspect me: after all, I have education in computer security and was a hobby hacker in teenage… — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
I could obtain any paper by pirating it, so I solved many requests and people always were very grateful for my help. After that,… — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
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… — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
I have a lot of supporters but they are not well organized. They send me donations but for the most part, their commitment is… — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
All content should be copied without restriction. But for education and research, copyright laws are especially damaging. — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
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… — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
When I was a student in Kazakhstan University, I did not have access to any research papers. These papers I needed for my research… — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
