A spectre is haunting science, the spectre of piracy: Analysis of the use and representations of the illegal ways of access to scientific literature in CONICET (Argentina)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rrddis.v1i2.93476

Keywords:

scientific literature, illegal via, Sci- -Hub, unpaid translations.

Abstract

This article presents the results of a survey carried out among researchers from Argentina on the different types of access to scientific literature, the motivations for using the illegal via, representations on legality and moral correctness in access to scientific articles, and the link between productivity and access vias. It offers empirical evidence of a massive and widespread use of illegal access to scientific literature among respondents. The most notable finding is, on the one hand, that the use of the illegal via of access does not supplant, but rather coexists with the use of legal vias. On the other hand, there is a remarkable disconnection between the representation regarding legality and correctness on the access and dissemination of scientific literature protected by copyright. Third, the motivations that explain the massive use of illegal vias combine practical and evaluative aspects, such as the impossibility of accessing in another way and the ease of use in opposition to legal services and the rejection of the publishing business around scientific literature.

Author Biographies

Mariano Zukerfeld, CONICET

Pesquisador do CONICET. Doutor em Ciências Sociais (FLACSO Argentina), Mestre em Ciência Política e Sociologia (FLACSO Argentina) Bacharel em Sociologia (UBA). Professor do Mestrado em Propriedade Intelectual da FLACSO Ar-gentina, do Mestrado em Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade da UNQ e da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais da UBA. Seus últimos livros são Profit for free: Corporate Capitalism’s use of openness (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020), Knowledge in the Age of digital capi-talista (University of Westminster Press, 2017). CONICET/e-TCS/CCTS/Umai.

Santiago Liaudat, LECYS-FTS-UNLP

Mestre em Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade (UNQ). Professor de Filosofia (UNLP). Investigador do Laboratório de Estu-dos em Cultura e Sociedade (LECyS-FTS-UNLP). LECYS/FTS/UNLP

María Sol Terlizzi, UBA-FLACSO

Professora de Filosofia (UBA). Mestre em Propriedade Intelectual (FLACSO). Coordenadora acadêmica do Mestrado em Pro-priedade Intelectual da FLACSO Argentina. Professora e pesquisadora do programa Direito e Bens Públicos e do Programa de Bioética (FLACSO Argentina). Professora da Universidade Nacional de La Matanza e da Universidade Nacional de Lanús. FLAC-SO/UNLaM

Carolina Monti, CONICET-UNLP

CONICET. Instituto de Limnologia Dr. Raúl a. Ringuelet (CONICET-UNLP) Mestrado em Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade (Universidade Nacional de Quilmes). Licenciada em Comunicação Au-diovisual (Universidade Nacional de La Plata-UNLP) e em Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação (UNLP). Diploma Avançado em Comunicação Pública da Ciência (Uni-versidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires-UNICEN).

Carolina Unzurrunzaga, CONICET-UNLP

Licenciada em Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação (Universidade Nacional de La Plata-UNLP). Mestra Universitaria em Sistemas de Informação Digital (Universidade de Salamanca). Bolsista de doutorado do CONICET no lugar de trabalho no Instituto de Investigações em Humanidades e Ciências Sociais (CONICET-UNLP) e doutoranda em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Nacional de Cuyo. Docente da carreira de Bi-blioteconomia e Ciência da Informação da UNLP na cátedra “Gestión de colecciones” desde 2010. CONICET/IDIHCS/UNLP

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Published

2023-11-28

How to Cite

Zukerfeld, M., Liaudat, S., Terlizzi, M. S., Monti, C., & Unzurrunzaga, C. (2023). A spectre is haunting science, the spectre of piracy: Analysis of the use and representations of the illegal ways of access to scientific literature in CONICET (Argentina). Revista Rede De Direito Digital, Intelectual & Sociedade, 1(2), 215–257. https://doi.org/10.5380/rrddis.v1i2.93476

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Parte III - Inovação, direito digital e tecnologia