system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Is it appropriate to email a professor asking for a digital copy of their article?

I found this really fascinating article which I think would be useful for my research. Thing is, I have to purchase it or a subscription in order to get access to it (which I can't afford right now). I saw this meme floating around social media which said that academics don't get any compensation for people purchasing access to their work, and so are usually okay with just sending it to people who ask, but I wasn't sure if this was actually accurate or not. Wanted to know peoples thoughts?
gpt
Yes. You should feel free to send this kind of e-mail. Professors don't make money off of their journal articles and they want people to read their work so they should normally be happy to send them to people.