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On the limitations of recent lawsuits against Sci‐Hub, OMICS, ResearchGate, and Georgia State University
Author(s) -
Manley Stewart
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1002/leap.1254
Subject(s) - judgement , state (computer science) , publishing , key (lock) , political science , computer science , law and economics , law , economics , computer security , algorithm
Key points The 2017 Sci‐Hub judgement has, to date, proven unenforceable, and it appears that enforcing the 2019 OMICS judgement will similarly prove challenging. Business developments and changing expectations over sharing digital content may also undermine the impact of the ongoing cases against ResearchGate and Georgia State University. Stakeholders should consider these limitations when deciding how to resolve scholarly publishing disputes.