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“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers [Updated] (arstechnica.com)

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“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers [Updated]::Previous efforts to unmask the people behind Libgen have failed.

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[–] [email protected] 141 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The update is hilarious.

Update: Publishers' lawyer Matthew Oppenheim told Ars that Libgen is a "thieves' den" of illegal books, and "there is no question" that Libgen's conduct is "massively illegal." Oppenheim said that "really, the only question is why it's been allowed to exist this long." He also said that it's possible that US companies may not realize that they are aiding Libgen's infringement, but publishers hope that when they "are confronted" with the fact "that this library is massively illegal, that hopefully they will voluntarily do the right thing" and cut off Libgen.

Seethe harder. Libgen is the savior of modern education.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

It's so obviously illegal that the best course of action is to try to get others to voluntarily stop using it? Ah yes.