The problem is that publishers are not actual creators of these works, scientists are – they do all the work, and academic publishers simply use their position of power in the Republic of Science to extract unjust profits. Sci-Hub does not enable piracy where creative people are deprived of the reward they deserve. It is a very different thing.
I admire her so much ! I do not agree on every stance with her obviously, but on the point she makes about research, she is spot on. I work in the academic world for a very short time, and it was enough to get how important is this fight and how efficient is Sci-Hub. And I still had the chance to work in a quite wealthy university that could pay for articles. I cannot imagine how it would be in less lucky environment without SciHub !
Love and respect all the way to Alexandra Elbakyan !