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“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers [Updated] (arstechnica.com)
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“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers [Updated]::Previous efforts to unmask the people behind Libgen have failed.

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[–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, this should be illegal. This is a monopoly on steroids funded by taxpayer money.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Think of how much innovation gets stifled by these gatekeepers. I've seen interesting research get forced out of the pipeline of a premier journal into that of a lower standard mainly because two of the reviewers held a personal grudge against the PI (principle investigator) attempting to publish.