It is the photo of a person with long dark hair, colourful shirt, and wearing a pirate hat. To their left, the logo of Sci-hub. To their right, that of The Pirate Bay. Over the image float several sentences in white with black border:
knowledge belongs to humanity THEY DON’T EVEN PAY THE PEER REVIEWERS piracy of academic material is morally good and justified your taxes fund this research be gay do crime it’s your to take if you want
As an academic, yes, please pirate stuff.
Fuck parasites publishers that make profit on our unpaid job and gatekeep knowledge.
A nice read about publishers profits: Against Parasite Publishers: Making Journals Free or if someone prefer the newspaper format
Publishing shouldn't even be an industry in 2025.
Or 2024... 2023... etc etc.
Man this generation sucks.