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Anon gives a piracy history lesson (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also the book piracy that existed in universities through photocopying and sharing pages.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is making a comeback with scanning.

Amazon was the place to buy manuals(art,hobby, do it yourself etc.). Now authors have pulled their books from print and expecting people to sign a subscription on patreon. Now there are sharks overpricing any remaining physical print second hand by 2000%.

pirates have scanned these books and selling access to uploaded jpgs for a fraction of what the manual would have cost had it just stayed in print.