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“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers [Updated] (arstechnica.com)
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“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers [Updated]::Previous efforts to unmask the people behind Libgen have failed.

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[–] hi_its_me@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Honest question. Why should it be? Isn’t the actual print of the book a very small fraction of the cost? The majority of the cost is the IP. If for example a book is $50 and the book costs $1 to print are you saying that it should be $49 and that’s the point that would convince you to purchase?