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aedanhall
Joined: 14 Apr 2021
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Posted: 2021-05-12 11:10
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Library Genesis is a so-called “shadow library”. It is filled with “hundreds of thousands of books and millions of journal articles that otherwise are found only through expensive academic journals.” (Laskow, 2016) The researchers behind these pirate libraries get access to the papers and books through donated university credentials, or from users uploading the files manually. On average, 2720 new articles are uploaded per day (Cabanac, 2016).
Though most of the files in the library are scientific, it also includes fiction books and comics.
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is maintained by thousands of volunteers worldwide, who upload files and share the torrents to protect the shadow library from being taken down.Here is an anonymous quote from one of the people behind Library Genesis, as printed in the book Shadow Libraries by Joe Karaganis
Maybe. Distributing copyright-protected books and papers is illegal in most countries, so running a website like Library Genesis or Sci-Hub is definitely illegal. There have been numerous successful court cases against LibGen and Sci Hub, but they have not been shut down yet.
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