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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

In my circle people share their papers freely with anyone who asks. You can probably call (yes call) any researcher and have them email you a paper. They wouldn't care and they aren't worried about getting sued. The problem is that widespread sharing isn't done and laypeople don't feel like it is appropriate to do that.