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Is there any way for us individuals to help libgen? Some sort of ipfs distributed storage? It would be a tragedy if it was lost. It's an essential resource f
by enriquto 2y ago
Is there any way for us individuals to help libgen? Some sort of ipfs distributed storage? It would be a tragedy if it was lost. It's an essential resource for scientists and for bibliophiles!
I've recently stopped buying books from publishers that engage in this shitfuckery (Elsevier, Springer, etc). This frees almost 1000 EUR/year that I'd love to steer towards libgen, sci-hub and similar initiatives. But not for paying these stupid fines, of course.
- FredFS456 2y agoThere exist torrent archives of everything on libgen, you can theoretically download the whole catalog. I think it's their backup strategy.
- throawayonthe 2y agolibgen is backed up by annas-archive and you can help seed the torrents https://annas-archive.org/datasets https://annas-archive.org/datasets https://annas-archive.org/torrents https://annas-archive.org/torrents
- squigz 2y agoNot entirely sure why this was dead. This is the answer to GP's question.
- boldlybold 2y agoThanks, was looking for something like this. With all the hardware I'm sure is sitting idle under HN users, we could make a big contribution for ~free.
- ponkipo 2y agoSo.. if I want to help and seed the torrents, do I have to download the whole 80-120 TB for this? can I somehow help when I don't have a space for hundred TB on my machine? went to the website but didn't find a guide or anything else on how to do it
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- johnnyanmac 2y agoLibgen was ultimately a workaround to an endemic industry issue. Ideally all of the US folk here get a bill running to get better consumer rights for the media we consume, so we wouldn't have to run into such invasive DRM that can render your purchase unusable. Not much to do about the cost though. Textbooks specifically can charge this much because the target is education, not the layman.