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In case anyone hasn't seen the hilarious scare screen on one of the seized ZLibrary domains. lol (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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"zomg russian cyber criminals are using free books to fund their lavish lifestyles!!!!!!1!1!!!!1! you should go support ~~corporate rent seeking publishers~~ 'creators' by paying thousands for basic knowledge!!!11"

this shit sounds like it was written by a middle schooler making a history presentation. it's hilarious

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 weeks ago

No the poor copyright owners I'm so upset

[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, no! People are enjoying their lives!

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Since they now own the domain, can we DDOS it to rack up their expenses? Fuck them they don't deserve money.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I.... don't condone such behavior but I also don't hate this idea lol

[–] [email protected] 94 points 2 weeks ago

Oh no, somebody who might be Russian took a family vacation to go fishing with their loved ones!? What an orgy of indulgence! The audacity!

[–] [email protected] 129 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Seems like a fairly reasonable way to live. Is that supposed to look lavish?

Let's see the lifestyles of the CEOs for Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier for comparison.

[–] [email protected] 85 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Let’s see the lifestyles of the CEOs for Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier for comparison.

FBI be like:

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago

There's a rainbow. Its so gay! Therefore ... wrong!!!111

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago

I’m disappointed I didn’t see a piracy parody of this before seeing this. Come on internet.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That boat and RV look middle class at best.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 weeks ago

It's almost as if some desk jockey used photos from their family vacation lol.

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