Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
by freefaler
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- Check https://open-slum.org/ what's up in the shadow libraries world.
Anna's archive & Z-lib has mirrored all of Sci-hub and are indeed a viable alternative.
by renegat0x0
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- I use my own library of domains exactly for scenarios like that
https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database
by Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe
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- How come there's no decentralized anonymous global library? Like some kind of onion routed, p2p file sharing website? Something like tor + ipfs + storj.
The technology is already there, isn't it?
I know plenty of people who would gladly "sudo docker compose up" something that would route some data between peers like in tor and donate a few tens of Go like in storj.
The demand is absolutely there.
by senderista
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- This changes absolutely nothing about how I use sci-hub. As long as I can find the front page and search for a DOI, I don't care how many search results Google censors.
by CapricornNoble
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- If I go to a particular Sci-Hub mirror and it's down, I often go to the Wiki page to see the different TLD options. Same for checking some of my favorite Torrent trackers. I don't use Google for any controversial searches anymore, but if Wiki continues to degrade in quality, I'll really be SOL.
- Why does it matter though?
I'd wager few people would use Google to search content on Sci-Hub. The normal usage is simply entering the DOI of the paper you want on Sci-Hub's front page.
Note: you can still search for Sci-Hub itself on Google, and find plenty of pages listing active mirrors.
- There are alternative search engines to Google, in particular some where base censorship is not so easily enforced:
https://yandex.com/search/?text=sci-hub
- Hail the corporate overlords!!!
- So we give Russia and China free access to science, while we block our own people? Smart move ... /s
by inquirerGeneral
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- Is Sci-Hub still relevant? Haven’t they been frozen for like 5+ years at this point?
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