How to keep people from reading

[Maxmars]

On Tuesday, a US District Judge in New York ordered the Library Genesis domains (booksdl.org, jlibgen.tk, libgen.ee, libgen.fun, libgen.gs, libgen.is, libgen.lc, libgen.li , libgen.pm, libgen.rocks, libgen.rs, libgen.space, libgen.st, libgen.su, library.lol, and llhlf.com) seized by October 15th, and issued a default judgement of $30M in favor of MacMillan, McGraw Hill, and Pearson:

https://torrentfreak.com/images/gov.usco...2.36.0.pdf

Coulda seen that coming.

It's always about "money/property" which is understandable from a certain perspective... but regrettable in effect.

Less access to works... unless you pay.

I wonder if the end-effect will be what I seem to see coming.... no more reading unless someone gets money - forevermore.

(Wouldn't it be amazing if they applied this to the Bible, Koran, Bhagavad Gita (Mahabharata, or other Sanskrit/Vedas)... Could you imagine the 'royalties' that would generate?  Ask the CoS,... they know.)

Ahh the future... seeing it coming doesn't change a thing.