miok wrote:

Court Sentences Man for Selling Pirated Textbook PDFs

Thank you miok and everyone who contributes to this forum, it's always interesting stopping by here. Your efforts are much appreciated people

"The association calls for a cultural change in the educational setting, where piracy should not be without consequences. Instead, it should be actively condemned, also by teachers."

Oops  Maybe if professors did not write textbooks which they then use as required readings on their own courses, while publishers charge -- often -- $200 to $300 a time for the books, then there might less f*****g piracy. Just a thought.

EVILTEEN777 wrote:

One YouTube-Ripping Site Will Get 4 Billion
Visits in 2023; Time to Blame


With many pirate sites pulling in 10, 20, 50 or even 90 million visits per month, debate over popularity seems pointless. However, when compared to some platforms already declared illegal by rightsholders, even 200 million visits per month is nothing. Last month a single YouTube-ripping domain received a staggering 343 million visits and is still trending upwards, so who gets the blame?

miok wrote:

‘More Than 600,000 Students and Teachers Use Z-Library’

To put it quite simply, I personally know "financially-challenged" students that could not have completed their studies without access to resources only available from sources like ZLibrary and TGx... more power to the Bringing education -- and all the options for the future that it brings -- into the realms of those that are not  just the wealthy few, is a critical social service... especially in modern times of mis- and disinformation.

EVILTEEN777 wrote:

mrbiggz90 wrote :>>>
RARBG Has Gone shut Down A Post On The Website Say's


Hello guys,
We would like to inform you that we have decided to shut down our site.
The past 2 years have been very difficult for us - some of the people in our team died due to covid complications,
others still suffer the side effects of it - not being able to work at all.
Some are also fighting the war in Europe - ON BOTH SIDES.
Also, the power price increase in data centers in Europe hit us pretty hard.
Inflation makes our daily expenses impossible to bare.
Therefore we can no longer run this site without massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of pocket.
After an unanimous vote we've decided that we can no longer do it.
We are sorry
Bye

miok wrote:

EVILTEEN777 wrote:

mrbiggz90 wrote :>>>
RARBG Has Gone shut Down A Post On The Website Say's


Hello guys,
We would like to inform you that we have decided to shut down our site.
The past 2 years have been very difficult for us - some of the people in our team died due to covid complications,
others still suffer the side effects of it - not being able to work at all.
Some are also fighting the war in Europe - ON BOTH SIDES.
Also, the power price increase in data centers in Europe hit us pretty hard.
Inflation makes our daily expenses impossible to bare.
Therefore we can no longer run this site without massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of pocket.
After an unanimous vote we've decided that we can no longer do it.
We are sorry
Bye

Another one bites the dust. This is very sad news.
But it's not the first time. Here's hoping they find a way to finance themselves and get back on their feet.
IMO other pirate sites are no longer our "competition". We all need to be allies to stand against our mutual enemies. Hopefully RARBG refugees will find their way here. They will be welcomed with open arms. 🏴‍☠️