(Elsevier probably thought invoking the specter of 'ransomware' was more useful for gathering support for their actions in 2022 than bleating about how 'piracy' like SciHub is 'hurting' their bottom line in the price-conscious and cost-cutting environment of higher-ed. -- rick)
Academic Journal Claims it Fingerprints PDFs for ‘Ransomware,’ Not Surveillance https://www.vice.com/en/article/4aw48g/academic-journal-claims-it-fingerprints-pdfs-for-ransomware-not-surveillance -- Iw mailing list [email protected] http://sticklist.org/mailman/listinfo/iw_sticklist.org
