Re:Z-Library Admins "Escape House Arrest" After Judge Approv...
by WarOnPrivacy on Monday July 08, 2024 @05:14PM
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> some of the money will actually go to the people responsible for producing the work.
As a gatekeeping entity that barricades taxpayer-funded docs behind paywalls (from the taxpayers who funded their creation), the thing Elsevier produces is unethical rent-seeking behavior.
> Sending money to the pirates, though, will only produce more piracy.
Until meaningfully ethical alternatives emerge, folks work with what they got.
As a gatekeeping entity that barricades taxpayer-funded docs behind paywalls (from the taxpayers who funded their creation), the thing Elsevier produces is unethical rent-seeking behavior.
> Sending money to the pirates, though, will only produce more piracy.
Until meaningfully ethical alternatives emerge, folks work with what they got.