Alexandra Elbakyan (Sci-Hub) fordert freien Zugang zu allem Wissen (via Archivalia):
“Declaration On open access to scientific knowledge
Annotation.The problem of limited access to the texts of scientific journals and monographs continues to remain one of the most relevant in modern science. To date, several approaches to solving this problem have been developed: publications in open access journals; placement of preprints of articles in archival repositories; development of social networks for scientists; creation of open online collections of scientific literature. While the use of open scientific journals, archival repositories and social networks for sharing scientific work continues to be limited, open scientific collections such as Sci-Hub and Library Genesis are proving to be a more effective solution in practice. At the same time, an
obstacle to the full operation of such scientific portals in most countries is insufficiently developed legislation on intellectual property, which does not take into account the peculiarities of the process of publishing scientific publications; as a result, instead of stimulating science and the arts, it becomes a brake on scientific progress. A necessary step towards solving this problem is the adoption of a new declaration on open access to scientific knowledge, which recognizes the free functioning of scientific Internet libraries as legally legitimate.”