Has anyone found a way to download checked out books from the Internet Archive . . . ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.ml

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. . . since the relatively recent changes they made to their site after the recent legal kerfuffle? I'm assuming the answer is no. And yes, I know, Anna's Archive, but IA has recently added some books that are not on AA. Does this mean that IA is for all intents and purposes now unscrapable?

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[-] pglpm@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago

https://github.com/elementdavv/internet_archive_downloader

[-] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

😁👍

[-] Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

You can download and remove the DRM from the borrowed book following this tutorial.

[-] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

This is several years old, does it still work? Not sure that it does, but thanks nonetheless for posting.

[-] Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Last time I used it was three years ago.

[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days ago

Not exactly piracy, but have you checked out Libby (app), its a library reader.

I currently have 2 (US) libraries that I borrow ebooks from and its great because I do not live in a country that English is spoken natively.

Now, the not exactly part comes from the fact that I keep asking people for other region library card numbers so I have a larger assortment of books to choose from (so if any of y'all have a car number and library branch name please DM me).

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