Yesterday, the popular JSTOR digital academic library published one tweet stating that 6.000 of its eBooks and over 150 magazines are available free for all.
Η organization you mentioned that eBooks and scientific public health journals can be read for free until June 30th. For those who didn't have access to the JSTOR library, they can now read all the content on offer without needing an account.
An internet frenzy ensued, with many remembering Aaron Swartz, the co-founder of Reddit, who was accused of downloading content from the JSTOR library and making it available to everyone for free.
In 2012, the federal court heard and imposed a 35-year prison sentence and a $1 million fine on Aaron Swartz. In January 2013, Swartz was found dead in his apartment, (hanged) when he failed to reach an agreement with JSTOR.
While many are celebrating JSTOR's new move, the company's twitter account said this section of the JSTOR library will be temporarily open.
Although opening a part of the library is a good initiative. Basically JSTOR should have made more concessions with free content, especially when it has been involved in such a big controversy.
You can access the JSTOR open library from here.
