it’s incredibly impractical to persecute those accessing them.
Always was. If you’re serious, persecute those hosting it.
Comment on 'Meta Torrented over 81 TB of Data Through Anna's Archive, Despite Few Seeders' * TorrentFreak
misk@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks agoIt’s a popular search engine that works with shadow libraries like Sci-Hub or Library Genesis. Shadow libraries are hosts to copies of works of literature and science. Their legal status is murky at best but it’s incredibly impractical to persecute those accessing them.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
jaybone@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
So it’s like thepiratebay or 1337x.to but for books?
Also I think you mean prosecuting, not persecuting.
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
TPB and 1337x are torrents, whereas Anna’s Archive typically uses direct downloads. So it’s more akin to the old CoolROMs back before the massive takedown purges.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Those are torrents, Annas Archive is typically used for direct downloads.
jaybone@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Thanks. It’s confusing because everyone is talking about torrents. It’s in the title even, but I didn’t read the article.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Well i think you can also torrent off of there too. There are massive backup files on their home page that they are basically begging people to download and seed… So maybe it’s that?