Blocking Sci-Hub and Libgen? – State Intervention for ‘Open Access Platforms’ Vis-a-Vis the Elsevier Ltd vs Alexandra Elbakyan Case
In a recent Delhi High Court petition, three major publishing houses- Elsevier Ltd., Wiley India Pvt. Ltd. and American Chemical Society, filed a petition[1] for dynamic blocking of downloads from Sci-Hub and Libgen. They are open access websites which offer access to research papers behind paywalls and copyrighted books, respectively,