" I run Anna’s Archive, the world’s largest open-source non-profit search engine for shadow libraries, like Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, and Z-Library. Our goal is to make knowledge and culture readily accessible, and ultimately to build a community of people who together archive and preserve all the books in the world … In this article I’ll show how we run this website, and the unique challenges that come with operating a website with questionable legal status, since there is no “AWS for shadow charities”."

  • coderade@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    They mention wanting a new networking stack, I didn’t see a comment section there; but I’d recommend tailscale (or headscale for self hosting). It’s a wire guard based mesh network, but has worked very well for me

  • palitu@lemmy.perthchat.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I really liked the article linked in the article, about how to select technology for a new/improved system.

    Hint: boring is typically a good bet.

    • fulano@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Historically, copyright laws were created as means to protect publishers, and not authors. There was a shift towards protecting the authors, but the entire structure is still biased.

      In other words, we never really had a system that protects author’s interests and incentives them to create more.

      Having more people access content IS in the best interest of authors, because it makes them more renowned. So, if a system is based on restricting reproduction, it’s protecting publishers.

      But what alternative dobwe have? We never actually developed a consistent alternative, and, in a way, people are still experimenting. It’s not likely that we will find a solution that fits all forms of creative works.

    • ByroTriz@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      If you are legitimately interested in this I’d strongly recommend reading Kinsella’s “Against Intellectual Property”

    • 0xCAFe@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It’s not easy. I see something along the lines of:

      • Tax the rich (we should do that anyway)
      • Introduce a UBI (universal basic income), which we need if automation increases
      • Artists don’t need to make money with their art amymore
      • Art is free
      • Good™️ artists can still earn more via comissions

      I have the — for some quite radical — take that knowledge should be free, labor should be paid. Anything that can be shared/copied without anshy cost should be open to be used by anyone.