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FBI and Austria's C4 Hit Z-Library with a New Wave of Domain Seizures

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Re: FBI and Austria's C4 Hit Z-Library with a New Wave of Domain Seizures

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Post by Pannoniae »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #8
wuiheerfoj wrote: post #2

At some point in the future, people will look back at things like this in utter confusion - jail-time and a massive waste of police resources in order to stop people from sharing books…

They aren't worried about people sharing books at this point, or at least they shouldn't be. They're worried about people building their own models. Here's something I'd pay for (probably with some sort of sketchy crypto, sadly): send me a huge-ass hard drive (or array of drives) with a complete mirror of Z-Library, Library Genesis, and sci-hub on it.

Just go on Anna's Archive, happy downloading

Re: FBI and Austria's C4 Hit Z-Library with a New Wave of Domain Seizures

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Post by CamperBob2 »

Pannoniae wrote: post #11
CamperBob2 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They aren't worried about people sharing books at this point, or at least they shouldn't be. They're worried about people building their own models. Here's something I'd pay for (probably with some sort of sketchy crypto, sadly): send me a huge-ass hard drive (or array of drives) with a complete mirror of Z-Library, Library Genesis, and sci-hub on it.

Just go on Anna's Archive, happy downloading

Not practical, and not safe (as this very article illustrates).

Re: FBI and Austria's C4 Hit Z-Library with a New Wave of Domain Seizures

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Post by nonrandomstring »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #8
wuiheerfoj wrote: post #2

At some point in the future, people will look back at things like this in utter confusion - jail-time and a massive waste of police resources in order to stop people from sharing books…

They aren't worried about people sharing books at this point, or at least they shouldn't be. They're worried about people building their own models. Here's something I'd pay for (probably with some sort of sketchy crypto, sadly): send me a huge-ass hard drive (or array of drives) with a complete mirror of Z-Library, Library Genesis, and sci-hub on it.

That will be a very reasonable thing to expect in a few years. Based on the rate of advancement of memory density and LLM tech I wrote this [0] a while back.

Containment of "the human corpus" (all significant written works since antiquity) is a lost cause for the authorities. Stunts like this Australian thing are symbolic rituals by the dying publishing industry against a downhill battle.

For a brief window you'll have Fahrenheit 451 style police trying to enforce physical warrants and seizure of "illegal reading materials", but proliferation, diminishing size, sheer utility and cost of enforcement will soon make the whole misadventure water under the bridge.

Yeah, we will look back at early 21st century as a sorry bloody episode to be embarrassed by.

[0] https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/2048-informatio...

Re: FBI and Austria's C4 Hit Z-Library with a New Wave of Domain Seizures

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Post by __fst__ »

sneak wrote: post #6
carom wrote: post #3

It's wild how much law enforcement just works for corporate interests.

It makes a lot more sense when you realize that the machinery of the state (including especially law enforcement) exists solely to preserve and maintain the existing socioeconomic order and not to, you know, enforce laws or protect the public. The system is working as designed. Once you see it, you cannot unsee it. It’s everywhere. https://youtube.com/watch?v=A0wMSNlBBjc

I'd rather have someone maintain existing socioeconomic order than a total breakdown like, e.g. Haiti where random gangs control the city.

Re: FBI and Austria's C4 Hit Z-Library with a New Wave of Domain Seizures

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Post by mtmail »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #7

So much for Austria's so called "neutrality".

Austria might be neutral on warfare and multi-national defense agreement (not a member of NATO) but I think that's a separate issue from copyright law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Neutrality

Re: FBI and Austria's C4 Hit Z-Library with a New Wave of Domain Seizures

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Post by sandworm101 »

Banning sites that share books. I guess they have already addressed all the illegal pornography, music, pirated soccer games, terrorism, offshore gambling, harrassment, credit card fraud, antiseminitism, homophobia, body shaming, fake news, doxing, zero day sales, and every other great evil on the internet. It has been a long journey, but now that all those are dealt with, we can now crack down on people wanting to read too many books.
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