India 3 A group of researchers has asked the High Court in Delhi, India, to allow them to intervene against several of the world's major publishers against piracy websites Sci-Hub and Libgen A copyright infringement lawsuit was filed, But the court refused. Judge Harry．Shakar (C Hari Shankar) According to, "If intervention is allowed, Would open the door for beneficiaries of infringing material to intervene in infringement proceedings. This could seriously affect the proceedings. " The researchers said in the application, The competitive works on the website are useful to them, If removed from the Internet, Will have an adverse effect on the public interest. but, The Court held that this could not be a basis for allowing a third party to interfere in the proceedings in this way. "If the department disputes material infringement, It must be removed, If the result is that the people who use the material cannot access it, It's just the legal consequences, It's not the basis for these people to intervene. " A group of scientists and academic organizations filed an application last year to intervene in the case. Elsevier (Elsevier) , Willy India (Wiley India) , Wiley journal (Wiley Periodicals) And the American Chemical Society (American Chemical Society) It is the world's leading publisher of scientific and academic publications, Sales and licensing include "lancet (The Lancet) " and "cell (Cell) " Including various digital journals. Last year, They are against Sci-Hub (A pirate site that offers free access to millions of copyrighted research papers and books) And another website that offers free access to the journal Libgen Initiate a lawsuit, Claiming that they make their literature freely available to the public, Addicted to Internet piracy.

(Compiled from indianexpress. com)

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