Sci-Hub has been blocked in India

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259 points the-mitr | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 04:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.3s | source

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sieve ◴[28 Aug 25 06:16 UTC] No.45049013[source]▶

I don't know why they decided to pause uploads. Relying on Indian courts for sensible and timely judgments will only lead to grief. They do not respect precedence and judgements often depend on the judge and the people involved rather than the facts of the case.

What happened in University of Oxford v. Rameshwari Photocopy Service is pretty rare.[1] I doubt if we will see a repeat of that one.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford_v._Ramesh...

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lou1306 ◴[28 Aug 25 08:09 UTC] No.45049685[source]▶

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I can see the point, but repeating the same action for which you are currently being prosecuted will hardly improve your standing before the court. Quite the opposite, in fact.

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1. sieve ◴[28 Aug 25 09:07 UTC] No.45050032[source]▶

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What did they expect? That an Indian court will give them some kind of immunity from copyright laws? From some media reports I see, the court has already made up its mind on the issue during a previous hearing:[1]

> However, the Court stated that Elbakyan, in her first written statement, admitted that the publishers were owners of copyrighted works. It also noted that Sci-Hub were rejected by the Court when they attempted to amend the statement in 2023. Further, it accused Sci-Hub of partaking in “online piracy” and LibGen “by unauthorized means, circumventing technological measures put in place by Plaintiffs to protect copyright in their literary works.” Thus, they rejected the plea.

[1] https://www.medianama.com/2024/05/223-delhi-hc-lawsuit-sci-h...

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