You are then saying Amazon and Ebay are the same as The Silk Road.
They are marketplaces, but from an ethical standpoint they are vastly different.
You cannot stop piracy but a different thing is saying music piracy is legitimate. You are conflating different things.
If you don't understand the difference between Napster and Scihub you probably think music piracy is OK. It is not.
First of all, scholars themselves use Scihub and most scholars that do not have a conflict of interest disagree with how companies like Elsevier operate.
I think music piracy is more than OK, it is good. I also understand the distinction you are trying to make and it is a makes sense. Journals add nothing. Musicians, producers, and other technicians do work to make music.
They are marketplaces, but from an ethical standpoint they are vastly different.
You cannot stop piracy but a different thing is saying music piracy is legitimate. You are conflating different things.
If you don't understand the difference between Napster and Scihub you probably think music piracy is OK. It is not.
First of all, scholars themselves use Scihub and most scholars that do not have a conflict of interest disagree with how companies like Elsevier operate.