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The Slow Cancellation of Online Libraries

On the probable demise of #Libgen and the need for private offline #libraries.

https://networkcultures.org/blog/2024/09/22/henry-warwick-the-slow-cancellation-of-online-libraries/

#books #DigitalSovereignty

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[โ€“] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Libgen isn't going anywhere, they're domiciled in a privacy-friendly country.

Also a lot of books are on torrents, which means they're safe.

All of libgen is on torrents afaik