[HN Gopher] More Than 600k Students and Teachers Use Z-Library ___________________________________________________________________ More Than 600k Students and Teachers Use Z-Library Author : nickthegreek Score : 50 points Date : 2023-05-22 20:38 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (torrentfreak.com) (TXT) w3m dump (torrentfreak.com) | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-05-22 23:00 UTC)