IEEE standards

Suppose I want to acquire some IEEE Standard Documents without paying for them.

IK there is no easy way, but considering that there might be some secluded release group on EFnet. Assuming it exists I might be willing to go into all the troubles with tunneled a bnc and stuff.

What are my chances to get V& and are the people I would have to get in touch with exposing themselves to it?

It also reminds me of pyramid schemes: they offer to host your data (your research papers) then they charge you (some university) to access the data (maybe for less). Good thing some of them figured it out and there are open alternatives, but there's still a lot of knowledge hidden behind paywalls.