"I know there are some reasons to suspect me: after all, I have education in computer security and was a hobby hacker in teenage years. But hacking is not my occupation, and I do not have any job within any intelligence, either Russian or some another."
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Alexandra Elbakyan, born on November 6, 1988, in Kazakhstan, is a renowned figure in the realm of academic access and open knowledge. As the founder of Sci-Hub, a shadow library that provides free access to millions of scientific papers, she has sparked a global debate on the ethics of academic publishing. Elbakyan's courageous stance against traditional publishing norms has positioned her as a symbol of the fight for equitable access to knowledge, challenging the status quo and advocating for the democratization of information.
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"Sci-Hub always intended to be legal, and advocated for the copyright law to be repealed or changed, so that it will not prohibit the development of science."
Alexandra Elbakyan