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I'm on some private trackers. When they get shut down, I won't be surprised. In my anarchist circles, other things are recommended before z-lib, which is a sec

I'm on some private trackers. When they get shut down, I won't be surprised. In my anarchist circles, other things are recommended before z-lib, which is a second-to-last resort. There's an ebook piracy scheme that's been going on longer than z-lib, but it's a little bit more complicated to use than just a website, so it kinda flies under the radar.

doctorpangloss 3y ago
> I'm on some private trackers [which do basically the exact same thing that Z-Library does, with more steps] > anarchist circles Okay well, demanding ethical piracy from everyone except for the piracy that you use is pretty NIMBY of you. And anyway, I'm not sure why you're being downvoted! This humorless website...
- skyyler 3y ago
  I'm not demanding ethical privacy, I just understand why they were shut down. It's a bummer for humanity, but the people running z-lib should have known what they were getting into by charging for a fast lane.
  - doctorpangloss 3y ago
    Buying ratio is the same as charging for a fast lane.
    - skyyler 3y ago
      And selling ratio opens a private tracker to legal issues far beyond where they would be if they didn't. My tracker gives you points based on site and IRC activity which you can use to buy invites and ratio. Donation gives your username a different colour in the shoutbox. I think you can pick colour if you donate enough.
      - dingusdew 3y ago
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    - 7moritz7 3y ago
      This isn't a counter argument
dmos62 3y ago
> In my anarchist circles, other things are recommended before z-lib, which is a second-to-last resort. > > There's an ebook piracy scheme that's been going on longer than z-lib, but it's a little bit more complicated to use than just a website, so it kinda flies under the radar. Pray tell.
- vallassy 3y ago
  The first rule of fight club...
  - deleted 3y ago
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- tux3 3y ago
  there's #bookz, that's pretty well known slsk is also an old thing that sometimes surprises, though it's not the best for books much newer is telegram bots for all sorts of things, from sci-hub replacement to general ebooks
ndiddy 3y ago
> There's an ebook piracy scheme that's been going on longer than z-lib, but it's a little bit more complicated to use than just a website, so it kinda flies under the radar. In my experience downloading books from IRC isn’t as annoying as getting them from zlibrary etc but the selection isn’t as good.

doctorpangloss 3y ago

> I'm on some private trackers [which do basically the exact same thing that Z-Library does, with more steps] > anarchist circles Okay well, demanding ethical piracy from everyone except for the piracy that you use is pretty NIMBY of you. And anyway, I'm not sure why you're being downvoted! This humorless website...

skyyler 3y ago
I'm not demanding ethical privacy, I just understand why they were shut down. It's a bummer for humanity, but the people running z-lib should have known what they were getting into by charging for a fast lane.
- doctorpangloss 3y ago
  Buying ratio is the same as charging for a fast lane.
  - skyyler 3y ago
    And selling ratio opens a private tracker to legal issues far beyond where they would be if they didn't. My tracker gives you points based on site and IRC activity which you can use to buy invites and ratio. Donation gives your username a different colour in the shoutbox. I think you can pick colour if you donate enough.
    - dingusdew 3y ago
      [dead]
  - 7moritz7 3y ago
    This isn't a counter argument

dmos62 3y ago

> In my anarchist circles, other things are recommended before z-lib, which is a second-to-last resort. > > There's an ebook piracy scheme that's been going on longer than z-lib, but it's a little bit more complicated to use than just a website, so it kinda flies under the radar. Pray tell.

vallassy 3y ago
The first rule of fight club...
- deleted 3y ago
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tux3 3y ago
there's #bookz, that's pretty well known slsk is also an old thing that sometimes surprises, though it's not the best for books much newer is telegram bots for all sorts of things, from sci-hub replacement to general ebooks

ndiddy 3y ago

> There's an ebook piracy scheme that's been going on longer than z-lib, but it's a little bit more complicated to use than just a website, so it kinda flies under the radar. In my experience downloading books from IRC isn’t as annoying as getting them from zlibrary etc but the selection isn’t as good.