• PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    End of an era. Goodbye libgen, you single-handedly provided me my course textbooks for free, saving me over $10k CAD in textbook costs over two degrees.

    Without libgen I would not have afforded my education.

  • Junkhead@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    can we just destroy major corporations this is like the destruction of the library of Alexandria.

  • pipes@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Apparently the issues are mostly with the outgoing download links from libgen.rs and .st (passing through libgen.lol), including the IPFS links which were being problematic in the past few months already.

    Instead I just tried something from libgen.gs which is the one for comicbooks, and it’s downloading fine from the direct link.

    Thankfully most if not all content should be backed up on Annas-archive!

  • Findmysec@infosec.pub
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    3 months ago

    We really need to push IPFS and TOR/I2P to keep these websites alive. Fuck the low barrier to entry if it means the website can just be subpoenaed

  • Sho@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Out of curiousity, I visited one of the sites just now and was able to download a random book from one of the links provided. That said, the first set of links for the book didn’t work.