“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers [Updated]::Previous efforts to unmask the people behind Libgen have failed.
Can’t thank libgen enough. Libgen exists to serve the original purpose of the Internet.
Sending military information?
Nah, that was ARPANET. The internet (www) was invented because particle physicists were too lazy to carry magnetic tapes with experimental data around CERN.
I’ll take this lawsuit as a recommendation. Hadn’t even heard of the site before now.
Streisand effect alive and well
Libgen and it’s alternative hostings are a god-send for people like me who can’t afford a single dime to buy books.
The copyright industry contributes very little to actual authors, hoards knowledge and charges enourmously for access to works that were financed by public funds, and should have been in the public domain from the get go.
We need a serious reform of copyright law, which will not happen until we stop lobbyists from influencing legislators.