Comment on Respected Swiss Journal Hijacked by Unknown Criminals by Robin Hood

Bencomp, some great refreshing alternative solutions. Good background work. How would a site like http://www.plantstress.com, who openly infringes upon the copyrights of main publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, OUP, and others, be considered to be any less criminal? How is a site such as this, who has imposed its own notion of “open access”, by basically stealing copyrighted PDFs, allowed to operate freely while we seek justice against publishers such as this fake Archives des Sciences? Is there a two-tier justice system already in place as I argue above? Why is it that the mainstream publishers do not close down such a web-site but prefer rather to chase scientists with an iron hand of legal threats for posting copyrighted PDF files on personal websites for the purpose of academics to see and appreciate? Your insight would be welcomed.