“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
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.
Let’s see the lifestyles of the CEOs for Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier for comparison.
FBI be like:
Those fucks forcing money into their pockets from science are the absolute dregs of society. I actually respect angel investors more since maybe they made a good decision with their money (that feels gross to just type, even!). The fact that a select few companies are able to make science pay to win is absolutely sickening.
This is coming from someone that never even graduated college, let alone spending time in academia.
Let’s see Paul Allen’s lifestyle.
It even has a watermark.
There’s a rainbow. Its so gay! Therefore … wrong!!!111
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!
As if money actually goes to the content creators 😂
More hilarious jokes have never been told in history
Meanwhile, ai companies that are doing exactly the same are allowed to rack up billions in revenue.
“It’s American for profit corporation, not a Russian cybercriminal!”
If the DoJ replaced google.com with a similar scare screen, a message about the AI feature appearing before search results, and photos of CEO yachts, that might actually give me hope for the future.
Maybe include a screenshot of the AI Overview so there’s no ambiguity about what feature was problematic. Something like this:
Oh, no! People are enjoying their lives!
Uh, no. Can’t you read? These are not people. They are Russian cybercriminals
No the poor copyright owners I’m so upset
Not a boat! Not a family vacation! Gasp! An… RV!?!?? SOMEONE THINK OF THE RIGHTSHOLDERS!
Isn’t the FBI supposed to be non-political?
Yet here they are trying to own Z-Libs
Isn’t the FBI supposed to be non-political?
😂
“You can’t download a boat”?
Not with that attitude you can’t!
That caravan looks nice
I don’t pay for piracy, but if I did I’d be glad I could help.
They… Own a tiny home? Wow. What luxary.
That boat and RV look middle class at best.
It’s almost as if some desk jockey used photos from their family vacation lol.
THOSE MOTHER FUCKERS BOUGHT A RAINBOW!?
I’m impressed.
I know right? They don’t come cheap from the Rainbow Factory, those ponies drive a hard bargain.
I found out about this the other day and the first impression I got was that someone hacked their server and put this just for laughs.
Yeah it’s legit, it’s been up a hot minute (since May iirc). I clicked the wrong zlibrary bookmark out of reflex and then remembered how hilarious the scare screen was.
