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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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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

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.