[guidoism]

For important archives like this maybe we need some sort of turn-key solution for the masses? Like a Raspberry Pi image that maintains a partial mirror. Imagine if one could by a RPi and external HD, burn the image, and connect it to some random wifi network (at home, at work, at the library, etc).

[Symbiote]

I'm not hosting a copy of this at work (where we easily have 32TB on old hardware) since distributing it is copyright infringement. The same goes for my home connection.

[jdnenej]

Most people don't care. The chance anything at all bad will happen is so incredibly low.

[avgeek23]

This isn't even movies wherein some large studio's can send notices. I don't think publishing houses have that many funds to send so many legal notices.

Books are a safe bet to pirate

[Freak_NL]

That's what people said about music and films too. You don't want to be the next Jammie Thomas.

This is an existential threat to the deep-pocketed likes of Elsevier et al. They will use the law to make an example of anyone too close to their sphere of influence; so if you are in the US or the EU; support the efforts of LibGen vocally and loudly, and contribute anonymously, but don't risk your neck to the extent where they can get a hold of you.

There are plenty of ways to support the effort safely though. Make sure people who wish to access scientific papers and books know where to go, and make sure your elected officials know about the need for publicly funded science to be published free of charge, open access, (retroactively too).

[L_Rahman]

I'm guessing a pretty significant minority of HN's users maintain offshore seed boxes to get other copyrighted content and for them it might be pretty trivial to add partial peering of libgen content.

[novok]

I think a turn-key solution for people living in not US/EU will still help the general health of the archive.

[Vinnl]

At least the large academic publishers are sitting on enormous stacks of cash, so that argument doesn't fly.