• General_Effort@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    legally

    Not necessarily. They often do not own the copyright, so then it depends on fair use exceptions. The real owners have gone after authors, which may be the reason they don’t make their articles downloadable by default.

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      9 months ago

      The asking makes it legal if I recall correctly.

      They can’t host a site with all their articles/papers/research, but if anyone asks for a single copy, they can provide it at their discretion.

      And since they don’t make any money either way, most provide it and are happy to do so.