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Originally Posted by ownedbycats
Pirated books.
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ok - i googled it - Z-ilbrary
taken down by the same FBI team who had nothing better to do than take down lots of soccer streaming sites last week, probably
[ off topic but I read something on reddit that the qatar world cup was the 1st time that >100 americans watched the USA soccer team for free, so FBI had to intervene ]
if its anything like the soccer takedown, it would take all of 10 minutes to find some new
not-quite-Z library offering the exact same thing, still working.
after all, they still have not quite killed pirate bay clones despite years of trying
& i read the counter argument that Z provided essential research materials in countries where a legit academic subscription costs several years wages, but that's a debate for a different forum.
meanwhile, back with amazon, I wonder if one reason they are aggresively marketing KU free trials again is because less people are buying, with all the DRM added hassles