- cross-posted to:
- piracy@lemmy.ml
Here is your reminder to always use really free books sources ( Cretive Commons or Public domain) and to donate to them.
Maybe one day, we will be more open about knowledge sharing.
Sources to read free books:
- nothingcorporate ( @nothingcorporate@lemmy.today ) English9•23 hours ago
FTA: "While this is a win on paper, it’s unlikely that the publishers will get paid by the LibGen operators, who remain anonymous. "
- gwen ( @gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English12•1 day ago
isnt this a bit like the annas archive situation? they cant find the owner?
- celsiustimeline ( @celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English7•1 day ago
The owner of Libgen is Paul Boissel Dombreval, a Ukrainian citizen. Yeah, good luck finding this guy right now.
- liveinthisworld ( @liveinthisworld@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English21•2 days ago
Is Libgen even an entity? What constitutes “Libgen”? I think there might be a way to make this claim invalid by a round-about shrug: “what’s libgen”?
- style99 ( @style99@lemm.ee ) English26•2 days ago
Isn’t this kinda like old man yells at cloud?
- DoucheBagMcSwag ( @DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English12•2 days ago
Yep exactly. Or when Putin orders and arrest of a critic…who is in an entirely different country
- DdCno1 ( @DdCno1@beehaw.org ) English1•11 hours ago
Eh, that’s a bit different. The Russian state does carry out assassinations of critics.