@jeffcutsinger@tenforward.social Thanks! I'll definitely make sure that I'm never going to visit those evil websites 👀

@jeffcutsinger Thanks a bunch!! I’ll make sure to tell everyone I know to never go to these websites or their mirrors so as to not affect the bottom line of capitalists negatively. Long live FREEDOM!!

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- z-Lib Books
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@jeffcutsinger You really think all authors are rich, huh?

@jeffcutsinger For shame, you're hurting Hachette's profits! (/s)
Thanks for the links, though!

@jeffcutsinger Bit out of the loop, where should we grab stuff now, then?

@jeffcutsinger AI/ML data aggregators aren't sharing their data openly or adhering to the #FOSS licenses & #TOS of data they scrape from less litigious content creators. This is a criminal act.

Copyright theft hurts independent writers, bloggers, educators & journalists more than big media groups. This insults every open-source & open-content creator. #DRM isn't the answer, and neither is paying off big media. #OpenAI and others should either pay for that data, share alike, or exclude it.

@jeffcutsinger If you can buy, try to find a way to send money direct to the authors, that way everybody win.

@jeffcutsinger

Excellent PSA, I will studiously avoid all of these sites, as I of course have never visited any of them inn the past.

@jeffcutsinger It would be such a tragedy...

@jeffcutsinger Perfect. Now building a list of sites to search for my work and file take-down requests against. Because when you're not one of the big four, every dollar counts, lots.

@jeffcutsinger Thank you for letting me know where to stay away from. I feel safer.

@jeffcutsinger
God's work! Warning people not to visit these awful sites!

@th3rdsergeevich