Much of the material on LibGen would be legally accessible under the copyright terms in which it was originally published, but that their exclusivity has been retroactively extended.
Meh, as long as their servers aren't in those countries, they can't do anything except censor the website. And most countries with long copyright terms don't censor websites.
Much of the material on LibGen would be legally accessible under the copyright terms in which it was originally published, but that their exclusivity has been retroactively extended.
Except in countries where copyright terms are longer than in the US: https://cand.pglaf.org/germany/index.html
Meh, as long as their servers aren't in those countries, they can't do anything except censor the website. And most countries with long copyright terms don't censor websites.
Project Gutenberg self-censored themselves to all German users in protest of the lawsuit.
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That's arguably more of a limitation than an advantage.
If your OPSEC is adequate, legality is irrelevant.
And if that seems shocking, consider that legality <> morality.