Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by allenleee » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 8:29 AM UTC

Help seed Z-Library on IPFS
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Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by holibops » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 8:49 AM UTC

It would be nice if we could read these books online rather than having to download a file and find some sort of reading app for it. Like, what am I supposed to do with an "azw3" file? And do I really want evidence of piracy sitting on my hard disk?

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by t-3 » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 9:38 AM UTC

holibops wrote: post #2

It would be nice if we could read these books online rather than having to download a file and find some sort of reading app for it. Like, what am I supposed to do with an "azw3" file? And do I really want evidence of piracy sitting on my hard disk?

OK, but without seeders the project will die. If you only want to leech, maybe you should stay away from appeals for participation?

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by chmike » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 9:47 AM UTC

Z-library is used for steeling author's work. Does IPFS want to support it ?

z-library is not equivalent to sci-hub.

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by bheadmaster » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 10:00 AM UTC

chmike wrote: post #4

Z-library is used for steeling author's work. Does IPFS want to support it ? z-library is not equivalent to sci-hub.

Copying is not stealing. Stealing removes the original, copying leaves the original intact.

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by numlock86 » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 10:06 AM UTC

bheadmaster wrote: post #5

chmike wrote: post #4

Z-library is used for steeling author's work. Does IPFS want to support it ? z-library is not equivalent to sci-hub.

Copying is not stealing. Stealing removes the original, copying leaves the original intact.

Taking all your fiat money technically doesn't "remove" it either, just relocation. Gets even better if we talk about virtual funds.

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by bno1 » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 10:07 AM UTC

bheadmaster wrote: post #5

chmike wrote: post #4

Z-library is used for steeling author's work. Does IPFS want to support it ? z-library is not equivalent to sci-hub.

Copying is not stealing. Stealing removes the original, copying leaves the original intact.

Copying is privacy and piracy is still an issue for the host.

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by 8t88t8tttt8 » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 10:13 AM UTC

There is no chance that I would risk this. I would gladly donate several Terabytes of seeding if this possible in a secure and _anonymous_ network.

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by shubb » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 10:13 AM UTC

chmike wrote: post #4

Z-library is used for steeling author's work. Does IPFS want to support it ? z-library is not equivalent to sci-hub.

IPFS is a protocol like http or bittorrent, rather than a platform like Twitter. It is a federated file storage, so although individual contributors can choose not to host z-lib or allow it through their gateway, there is not single authority that can ban content.

A better question is - is this a sensible technology for hosting legally dangerous material, and the answer has to be no. It is censorship resistant not anonymising. Like bittorrent but kind of worse. It is trivial for an enforcement agent to find all the servers in the world hosting a particular e.g. book and go after them.

I am sympathetic to your ethical question, but I'm just answering you on the technical side which is - your question doesn't really make sense but this is a bad idea.

Re: Help seed Z-Library on IPFS

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Post by 2Gkashmiri » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 10:15 AM UTC

started using this and am VERY VERY excited.this comes from someone who "witnessed" takedown of megaupload, rise and fall of popcorn time, the rise of scihub and library genesis so i VERY MUCH hope this stays online.