All content should be copied without restriction. But for education and research, copyright laws are especially damaging.
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Speaking via Google chat, Elbakyan told The Washington Post, “There are many ways to argue that copyright infringement is not theft, but even if it is, it is justified in this case. All content should be copied without restriction. But for education and research, copyright laws are especially damaging.”
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“This is outright piracy,” Lui Simpson told the Washington Post. Simpson is the executive director of international enforcement and trade policy for the Association of American Publishers.
“Nobody is justified in doing this.”