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Z-Library Blog: "Unprecedented seizure of our domains with books on rare languages" (z-library.se)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Today we are forced to share some sad news - yesterday many of our domains were seized again. We should highlight that the majority of the seized domains were not mirrors of the Z-Library website. Instead, they were separate sub-projects, containing only books in rare languages of the world, and their blocking is perplexing. For instance, these domains included books in Tamil, Mongolian, Catalan, Urdu, Pashto, and other languages:

afrikaans-books.org

bengali-books.org

urdu-books.org

marathi-books.org

chamorro-books.org

Over the 15 years of the project's existence, we've managed to collect an impressive collection of rare texts in many uncommon languages. These domains featured many unique texts that can't be found anywhere else, including rare books, documents, and manuscripts. All of this is a priceless heritage, contributing to the preservation and study of world cultures, and serving as important material for researchers in linguistics, anthropology, and history.

Z-Library also states in the blog post that they did not lose the files, just the domains.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There are more countries in the world besides America, where any chump can get into "law enforcement" after 6 weeks of trainning.

In most of the world, getting a badge implies a serious and throughrough selection and scrutiny process.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have obviously never worked as a police officer and are making this up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grew up surronded by law enforcement

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

As a criminal or family member? I guess either way I was still right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I would believe "in many countries", but not "in most in the world", sorry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Most of the world"? Really? Maybe in the developed world I guess, but definitely not in "most of the world." In most of the world law enforcement is very much a pay for service business like any other. Well, in a lot of the world anyway.