Comments on: Boycott Elsevier for Supporting SOPA http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/ The Theoretical Computer Science Stack Exchange Blog Fri, 18 Mar 2016 21:21:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.6 By: Janis http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/#comment-586 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:59:12 +0000 http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/?p=1023#comment-586 Ask this question: did Springer’s new owners support SOPA? Springer is owned by 2-EQT, a Swedish private equity firm with a part interest held by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund.

]]> By: gopi http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/#comment-455 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:23:34 +0000 http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/?p=1023#comment-455 I do not think Springer took a stand on this issue.

Related: https://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-in-its-downfall/

]]> By: BK http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/#comment-439 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:33:37 +0000 http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/?p=1023#comment-439 Have Springer taken a stand on this issue? Are they supporting SOPA like Elsevier as well?

]]> By: domotorp http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/#comment-432 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:35:40 +0000 http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/?p=1023#comment-432 IMHO any such boycott should be started by important researchers, who can then be followed by others like us.

]]> By: Raphael http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/boycott-elsevier-for-supporting-sopa/#comment-430 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:44:18 +0000 http://cstheory.blogoverflow.com/?p=1023#comment-430 Students can get a whole year’s issues of TCS for something about 20€. Maybe telling all your friends to order hurts Elsevier more than boycott? That is, if their usual prices are closer to their actual cost than the student price.

Researcher should certainly boycott them, and not only because of SOPA.

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