The website is hosted in St. Petersburg, Russia, where judgments made by American courts are not enforcible, and Sci-Hub did not send a legal representative to the United States to take part in the lawsuit.
The website is hosted in St. Petersburg, Russia, where judgments made by American courts are not enforcible. A similar case was also filed against Library Genesis (LibGen), and Sci-Hub did not send a legal representative to the United States to take part in the lawsuit.