That is probably the best endorsing non-endorcement I have read. It never says they discourage SciHub and suggests only SciHub is breaking copyright law.
Alexandra Elbakyan's contribution to scientific research at this stage is probably higher than any university's library.
Recognize that everyone uses it because none of the legal options are acceptable. Say it and urge a long overdue change in copyright laws.
It is abnormal that Elbakyan is the outlaw and Elsevier the respectable institution here.
This non-endorsement endorsement achieves the same goals without the above liability.
If the 10 biggest university libraries endorsed sci-hub, yeah, there could be legal repercussions but that could also move the lines much more than this timid non-endorsement endorsement.
Haven't we learned anything from Aaron Swartz?
Rather than abnormal, is an archetype by this point, given the case is viewed almost universally as a Robin Hood vs Sheriff of Nottingham kind of a thing.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/whos-downloading-pir...