On 10/17/17, 5:33 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Christopher Morrow" <nanog-bounces@nanog.org on behalf of morrowc.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
you know, the Sci-Hub folk could fix this themselves... with some authentication requirements... and probably by just unplugging from the intertubes?
"Sci-Hub’s founder, has previously told The Scientist the site plans to ignore the lawsuit.” How would Sci-Hub consider this a “fix”? What enforcement mechanism would the Court have against Sci-Hub? The idea of making third parties (ISPs) incur costs (updating ACLs or poisoning DNS) to enforce the order is pretty bad, and doesn’t stop Tor access. Sorry I didn’t have a chance to file an amicus before the ruling tomorrow. Lee
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Robert Mathews (OSIA) <mathews@hawaii.edu> wrote:
Judge Recommends Ruling to Block Internet Access to Sci-Hub The American Chemical Society seeks a broad order that includes millions of dollars in damages and demands action from Internet service providers and search engines. By Diana Kwon | October 4, 2017
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/50563/ title/Judge-Recommends-Ruling-to-Block-Internet-Access-to-Sci-Hub/ http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/50361/ title/Publishers--Legal-Action-Advances-Against-Sci-Hub/