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Re:U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers, issue... by ls612 on Saturday September 28, 2024 @02:37PM (#41682123)
Isn't it the case that foreigners can just apply to be exempted from the GFW? I remember people mentioning that to me online in the 2010s who were semi-long term living in China.
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Re:U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers, issue... by chmod775 on Saturday September 28, 2024 @08:19PM (#41683831)
I've never heard of such a thing. Businesses maybe and not residential? Businesses getting a carve-out for their network would be pretty standard.

Interesting though, I'll ask around.

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Re:U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers, issue... by ls612 on Saturday September 28, 2024 @10:39PM (#41684438)
The way I heard it was individuals could apply too with a valid reason and one guy I knew online several years ago said “I’m a foreigner who wants to access my own country’s internet” was a valid reason. May have changed since Covid for all I know he left around that time.
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