In this environment, the temptation to access pirated content is powerful. For some, downloading a torrent feels like an act of "Robin Hood"-style justice, a way to level the playing field against what they see as a system of high-cost educational tools . However, the financial impact of this piracy is very real for the small companies and individual creators who pour their time and resources into building these high-quality platforms. As one founder put it, "If any student worked really hard to create something and then saw someone take it for free, they would be upset" .
While intellectual property theft is illegal and heavily discouraged by universities, several factors drove the proliferation of medical resources on torrent networks in 2017: Sketchy Medical -Micro Pharm Path- May 2017 utorrent