Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are not in Libgen)

Re:Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are ... by ls15 on Monday July 04, 2022 @01:54AM (#31973869)

Hasn't been more knowledge published in the last 70 years than during all the times before? More than 2 million new books get published every year.

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Re:Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are ... by dhzhzjsbevs on Monday July 04, 2022 @02:37AM (#31974126)

I don't know what twitter you've been reading but I wouldn't call what I see "knowledge".

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Re:Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are ... by jjeaff on Monday July 04, 2022 @02:53AM (#31974211)

I assume they are referring to the fact that books older than about 70 years are in the public domain. The rest are protected by copyright and not free.

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Re:Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are ... by ls15 on Monday July 04, 2022 @03:00AM (#31974263)

I think so too, but I am referring to this statement:

> The overwhelming majority of our knowledge is in the public domain

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Re:Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are ... by popcube on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @10:36PM (#31996107)

if we talk about biology, absolutely not, but most of high school students won't finish basic physics, so this make sense in some region

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Re:Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are ... by dredmorbius on Monday July 04, 2022 @11:46PM (#31984091)

Pretty much certainly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31984080

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