[HN Gopher] More Than 600k Students and Teachers Use Z-Library
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       More Than 600k Students and Teachers Use Z-Library
        
       Author : nickthegreek
       Score  : 50 points
       Date   : 2023-05-22 20:38 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | ajsnigrutin wrote:
       | If we put actual books aside... paying taxes, so that researchers
       | get grant money and can write an article should be enough...
       | having to pay to access an article about the research you already
       | paid for is.. well.. stupid.
        
         | robertlagrant wrote:
         | I agree, although I'd rather pay for things that would be
         | useful to me and not pay for the rest than pay for everything
         | through taxes.
        
       | skyechurch wrote:
       | The textbook industry is on a similar ethical level as the
       | Chinese fentalogue export industry. Not quite as evil as the
       | American health insurance industry, but close. There are
       | definitely situations where the ethics of piracy/file sharing are
       | murky, but the only complaint I have about Z-Library and LibGen
       | sharing textbooks is that it's probably not enough to put them
       | completely out of business. Pirate harder.
        
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