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In case anyone hasn't seen the hilarious scare screen on one of the seized ZLibrary domains. lol (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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"zomg russian cyber criminals are using free books to fund their lavish lifestyles!!!!!!1!1!!!!1! you should go support ~~corporate rent seeking publishers~~ 'creators' by paying thousands for basic knowledge!!!11"

this shit sounds like it was written by a middle schooler making a history presentation. it's hilarious

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[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 115 points 2 years ago

Seems like a fairly reasonable way to live. Is that supposed to look lavish?

Let's see the lifestyles of the CEOs for Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier for comparison.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 77 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Let’s see the lifestyles of the CEOs for Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier for comparison.

FBI be like:

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 years ago

There's a rainbow. Its so gay! Therefore ... wrong!!!111

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

Let's see Paul Allen's lifestyle.

[-] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

It even has a watermark.

[-] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago

Those fucks forcing money into their pockets from science are the absolute dregs of society. I actually respect angel investors more since maybe they made a good decision with their money (that feels gross to just type, even!). The fact that a select few companies are able to make science pay to win is absolutely sickening.

This is coming from someone that never even graduated college, let alone spending time in academia.

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