Salute the Black Flag: Sci-Hub Pirate Captain Receives EFF Award for Sticking It to the Man
In 1581, Queen Elizabeth I of England bestowed a knighthood on notorious privateer Sir Francis Drake. The captain of the Golden Hind was hailed by the British crown for his exploits against Spanish colonies in the Caribbean and on what is now the U.S. Pacific coast (which did involve quite a lot of indiscriminate...