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Re: Freecomputerbooks.com

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Post by Semaphor »

capableweb wrote: post #10
meigwilym wrote: post #6

> In other words, this site DOES NOT contain any actual content of the books or lecture notes listed in this site. > Therefore, this website is as legal as search results of any search engines like Google, Yahoo, etc. It's worth pointing out that this site may link to copyrighted material.

Worth mentioning that usually you don't end up in legal troubles for consuming copyrighted material but for reproducing/sharing copyrighted material, and often not until you do so at scale.

> often not until you do so at scale

That’s the funny thing about downloading copyrighted works with BitTorrent in Germany, it automatically counts as "at scale" for the courts because you’ll have many peers that all download a bit from you.

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Post by agileAlligator »

lr1970 wrote: post #15

I checked the OP link. Clicking on any category pops up an ad that needs to be explicitly "closed". It happens again and again as you navigate through the site. Annoying like hell.

1. You browse the web without an adblocker in $currentYear?

2. I turned off my adblocker and checked, it's not fair to call it a "pop-up", it's more like it slides up from the bottom of the screen whenever you load a new page.

Re: Freecomputerbooks.com

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Post by squarefoot »

codetrotter wrote: post #26
bmacho wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is pdf dangerous? I guess on linux canonical distributes latest, free-of-known-vulnerables evince, what about windows? One must upload every file?

There has been a case of confirmed code execution vulnerability in Evince in the past, in 2017: * https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-1000083/ As well as possible code execution vulnerabilities in Evince, in 2019 and 2011: * https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2019-1010006/ * https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-5244/ * https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-0433/ They have also had a command injection vulnera…

Check out DangerZone. It encodes a .pdf (and other formats) to image data then converts it back to .pdf, optionally preserving OCR'ed text, so that any potential executable code hidden within is lost. For further security, all operations run sandboxed.

https://github.com/freedomofpress/dangerzone

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Post by D4ckard »

Content littered with ads can not be considered free. The difference from traditionally paid content is that customers pay with their attention and virtual purchasing power instead of spending money directly.

Nonetheless ads obviously allow access for all.

Re: Freecomputerbooks.com

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Post by Ptchd »

underlines wrote: post #36
Ptchd wrote: post #29

See this for 24TB of books: http://pilimi.org/zlib-downloads.html

libgen is currently 32TB and need some seeding help https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Library_Genesis

Libgen is great too. I wonder if the 32TB includes most of what is in the 24TB though

Re: Freecomputerbooks.com

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Post by capableweb »

Cyberdog wrote: post #11
capableweb wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Worth mentioning that usually you don't end up in legal troubles for consuming copyrighted material but for reproducing/sharing copyrighted material, and often not until you do so at scale.

"Usually don't" and "often not" are comforting words but regardless there are always risks involved when committing illegal acts.

I used those qualifier words as HN tends to be pretty pedantic, and I happen to know it is illegal in some countries, and pretty sure someone from one of those countries would pass by and be like "Actually, in X it's illegal no matter what".

Re: Freecomputerbooks.com

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Post by rocketbop »

toyg wrote: post #19
rocketbop wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there actually? In Germany I have heard of people getting served with fines for downloading torrents, as sharing a torrent identifies you through your IP. I've never heard of anyone getting into trouble for streaming or downloading a file, and I'm not sure how it could realistically be detected.

It's not about detection, it's about legality. Bittorrent is legally clear-cut, because the sharing part is a clear copyright infringement (you are distributing the work without authorization). Streaming (typically) isn't that clear, because consuming the work is technically not forbidden by copyright law in most countries. It's a bit like reading a book in a bookshop without buying it. Detection is fairly easy in bo…

> It's not about detection, it's about legality.

I suppose I'm wondering about the realistic ability to detect and ability to prosecute. I'm not really concerned with legality for legality's sake.

Re: Freecomputerbooks.com

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Post by runnerup »

squarefoot wrote: post #33
codetrotter wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There has been a case of confirmed code execution vulnerability in Evince in the past, in 2017: * https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-1000083/ As well as possible code execution vulnerabilities in Evince, in 2019 and 2011: * https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2019-1010006/ * https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-5244/ * https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-0433/ They have also had a command injection vulnera…

Check out DangerZone. It encodes a .pdf (and other formats) to image data then converts it back to .pdf, optionally preserving OCR'ed text, so that any potential executable code hidden within is lost. For further security, all operations run sandboxed. https://github.com/freedomofpress/dangerzone

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