▲ 311 ▼ It was always this way (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 years ago by MobileTechGuy@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Steak@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] korstmos@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago (2 children) Every book has a unique number used to identify them, the ISBN (International Standard Book Number). If you can figure out the ISBN of a book, it becomes an easy search term for piracy, because now you aren't looking for a long title, you're looking for a unique number! Most bookstores will list the ISBN of a book on their website, so that step should be pretty easy. Then to commit the piracy, you can often just google the ISBN + filetype:pdf and get a free PDF pretty frequently. There is also library genesis (libgen), where you can look up pirated books via their ISBN, which has a super wide selection. And if even libgen does not have it, you can try torrent trackers (read up more on !piracy ) Of course most of those options are legally questionable or illegal depending on where you live, and I of course would not recommend you actually perform them ;) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world [B] 5 points 3 years ago Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com permalink fedilink source parent [+] Steak@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] 10_0@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] korstmos@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago (2 children) Every book has a unique number used to identify them, the ISBN (International Standard Book Number). If you can figure out the ISBN of a book, it becomes an easy search term for piracy, because now you aren't looking for a long title, you're looking for a unique number! Most bookstores will list the ISBN of a book on their website, so that step should be pretty easy. Then to commit the piracy, you can often just google the ISBN + filetype:pdf and get a free PDF pretty frequently. There is also library genesis (libgen), where you can look up pirated books via their ISBN, which has a super wide selection. And if even libgen does not have it, you can try torrent trackers (read up more on !piracy ) Of course most of those options are legally questionable or illegal depending on where you live, and I of course would not recommend you actually perform them ;) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world [B] 5 points 3 years ago Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com permalink fedilink source parent [+] Steak@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world [B] 5 points 3 years ago Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com permalink fedilink source parent
[+] 10_0@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent