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Publication Date: 2021
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A Critical Conversation with Alexandra Elbakyan: Is She the Pirate Queen, Robin Hood, a Scholarly Activist, or a Butterfly Flapping Its Wings?
Asian Journal of Distance Education, v16 n1 p111-118 2021
The conversation with Alexandra Elbakyan intends to explore the Sci-Hub phenomenon and the core motives that initiated Sci-Hub. Accordingly, Sci-Hub is an open science project that has gone viral and is driven by people who pursue knowledge. The core idea behind the Sci-Hub is very simple: people should have access to knowledge without any restrictions. Elbakyan argues that science should be ruled by the scientist, not by the corporations. It is here, in a publish or perish scholarly world, that Sci-Hub aims to give control back to scientists and empower them. Elbakyan claims that for-profit corporations are gatekeeping knowledge, whereas Sci-Hub is disseminating it for the greater good. The conversation with Elbakyan about Sci-Hub raises a critical question for us to answer: Who is the real owner of the information?
Descriptors: Web Sites, Access to Information, Scientists, Information Dissemination, Publications, Research, Publishing Industry, Open Educational Resources, Distance Education
Asian Society of Open and Distance Education. 80-4 Minou Yamamoto Machi, Kurume City, Fukuoka, 839-0826, Japan. e-mail: editor@asianjde.org; Web site: http://asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE
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