In many parts of the developing world, students face barriers to access
academic materials. Libraries are often inadequate, and schools and
universities are often unable to pay dues for expensive, specialized
databases. For these students, the Internet is a vital tool and resource to
access materials that are otherwise unavailable to them. Yet despite the
opportunities enabled by the Internet, there are still major risks to
accessing and sharing academic resources online. A current situation in
Colombia exemplifies this problem: a graduate student is facing four to
eight years in prison for sharing an academic article on the Internet. He
wasn't making a personal profit from sharing the article-he simply intended
for other scientists like him to be able to access and cite this scientific
research.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/colombian-student-faces-prison-charges
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