On Thursday, some links to the notorious shadow library Library Genesis (Libgen) couldn’t be reached after a US district court judge, Colleen McMahon, ordered what TorrentFreak called “one of the broadest anti-piracy injunctions” ever issued by a US court.
In her order, McMahon sided with textbook publishers who accused Libgen of willful copyright infringement after Libgen completely ignored their complaint.
To compensate rightsholders, McMahon ordered Libgen to pay $30 million, but because nobody knows who runs the shadow library, it seems unlikely that publishers will be paid any time soon, if ever.
Sure. But the folks who put the knowledge in a digestible format should be rewarded for their efforts.
unless you have a product that needs to feed off someone else’s labour to be somewhat useful, then you can use it for free legally without compensating anyonee
I would ask if you’re fine with books becoming subscription based commodities.
I would hope your answer is no.
We both know you don’t read past the headlines though, so your opinion on this matter is as limited as your understanding of the topic.
I agree, creators should be paid, but libraries should be a protected branch of society. one day when capitalism forces a subscription pattern to books and locks knowledge behind paywalls, those libraries will be the only salvation for the disenfranchised masses.
Yep. Not the folks who create textbooks they force their students to buy for ludicrous prices so they can afford their fancy boat.