“zomg russian cyber criminals are using free books to fund their lavish lifestyles!!!1!1!!!1! you should go support corporate rent seeking publishers ‘creators’ by paying thousands for basic knowledge!!!11”
this shit sounds like it was written by a middle schooler making a history presentation. it’s hilarious
Not a boat! Not a family vacation! Gasp! An… RV!?!?? SOMEONE THINK OF THE RIGHTSHOLDERS!
That’s horrible! I can’t believe how these criminals are wasting the money that should rightfully be getting used for cheese pizza and hot dog parties!
Oh no! What will the people with offshore bank accounts do without the collective 10 grand they didn’t squeeze? Damn criminals! They’re avoiding taxes by laundering money abroad!
They… Own a tiny home? Wow. What luxary.
That caravan looks nice
It’s at least reassuring to know that the DoJ values the privacy of these horrible criminals enough to warrant blurring their faces. Hard to believe those assholes were spending the money on beautiful rainbows. A rainbow isn’t a physical possession someone can just keep to themselves! The idea that some guy can just own this abstract thing is deeply offensive to me and I will not be giving any more of my hard-earned money to library genesis.
Makes me think of this video of the geneticist Albert Jacquard that tries to show how ideas will always be in the commons. How it’s impossible for people to own a concept of an idea, using the example of “it’s impossible to tell who saw the rainbow the first to own its concept”.
It’s in french but it’s a total masterclass, I should translate it someday : https://effingo.be/2011/05/22/albert-jacquard-demonte-le-concept-de-propriete-intellectuelle/
Meanwhile, ai companies that are doing exactly the same are allowed to rack up billions in revenue.
“It’s American for profit corporation, not a Russian cybercriminal!”
If the DoJ replaced google.com with a similar scare screen, a message about the AI feature appearing before search results, and photos of CEO yachts, that might actually give me hope for the future.
Maybe include a screenshot of the AI Overview so there’s no ambiguity about what feature was problematic. Something like this:
Isn’t the FBI supposed to be non-political?
Yet here they are trying to own Z-Libs
“You can’t download a boat”?
Not with that attitude you can’t!
Another Russian oligarch’s mega yacht seized!
As if money actually goes to the content creators 😂
More hilarious jokes have never been told in history
I found out about this the other day and the first impression I got was that someone hacked their server and put this just for laughs.
Yeah it’s legit, it’s been up a hot minute (since May iirc). I clicked the wrong zlibrary bookmark out of reflex and then remembered how hilarious the scare screen was.
Seems like a fairly reasonable way to live. Is that supposed to look lavish?
Let’s see the lifestyles of the CEOs for Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier for comparison.
Let’s see the lifestyles of the CEOs for Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier for comparison.
FBI be like:
There’s a rainbow. Its so gay! Therefore … wrong!!!111
Let’s see Paul Allen’s lifestyle.
Oh, no! People are enjoying their lives!
Uh, no. Can’t you read? These are not people. They are Russian cybercriminals
No the poor copyright owners I’m so upset
