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The asking makes it legal if I recall correctly.
They can't host a site with all their articles/papers/research, but if anyone asks for a single copy, they can provide it at their discretion.
And since they don't make any money either way, most provide it and are happy to do so.
Not generally. There may be fair use exceptions allowing the sharing in some situations (depending on jurisdiction) or the publisher/owner may allow it as part of the licensing contract. But I don't know in what jurisdiction/under what contract, it would be legal to copy something just because some random person asked.