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Â鶹Éç Trending: The Scientists Encouraging Online Piracy

Meet the scientist who set up a ‘Pirate Bay for academics’, allowing them to swap research papers - usually illegally - online.

Across the internet, scientists are swapping academic papers in secret - most of the time illegally – using a Twitter hashtag ‘#ICanHazPDF’. We ask the scientist who came up with the idea why thousands of people are using it, and how they justify their actions.

Produced by Estelle Doyle.

(Photo: Scientist at computer / Photo Credit: Shutterstock)

6 minutes

Last on

Mon 19 Oct 2015 16:23GMT

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  • Mon 19 Oct 2015 15:23GMT
  • Mon 19 Oct 2015 16:23GMT