Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

Meanwhile, ai companies that are doing exactly the same are allowed to rack up billions in revenue.

"It's American for profit corporation, not a Russian cybercriminal!"

Seems like a fairly reasonable way to live. Is that supposed to look lavish?

Let's see the lifestyles of the CEOs for Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier for comparison.

Not a boat! Not a family vacation! Gasp! An… RV!?!?? SOMEONE THINK OF THE RIGHTSHOLDERS!

Oh no, somebody who might be Russian took a family vacation to go fishing with their loved ones!? What an orgy of indulgence! The audacity!

As if money actually goes to the content creators 😂

That boat and RV look middle class at best.

Oh, no! People are enjoying their lives!

They... Own a tiny home? Wow. What luxary.

It's at least reassuring to know that the DoJ values the privacy of these horrible criminals enough to warrant blurring their faces. Hard to believe those assholes were spending the money on beautiful rainbows. A rainbow isn't a tangible possession someone can just keep to themselves! The idea that some guy can just own this abstract thing is deeply offensive to me and I will not be giving any more of my hard-earned money to library genesis.

Isn’t the FBI supposed to be non-political?

Yet here they are trying to own Z-Libs

No the poor copyright owners I'm so upset

That seems nice. Glad they're getting something in return for saving me so much money.

THOSE MOTHER FUCKERS BOUGHT A RAINBOW!?

I'm impressed.

Note that with rare exceptions, creators are not supported by your purchases. Rather the studios, labels and publishers wh cheat creators are.

If you want to support the creators, pay them directly, or go to one of their performances / signings / functions. But still pirate their work.

I’m disappointed I didn’t see a piracy parody of this before seeing this. Come on internet.

The FBI is trying to trick me into feeling guilty, too bad I was the firstborn of a single mother and this shit does not work on me anymore

I found out about this the other day and the first impression I got was that someone hacked their server and put this just for laughs.

"You can't download a boat"?

I don't pay for piracy, but if I did I'd be glad I could help.

They should show some pictures of the real leeches.

• https://www.fastcompany.com/3052267/the-house-that-calculus-built
• https://apnews.com/a-look-at-how-settlements-have-grown-in-the-west-bank-over-the-years-0000019079d8d0f6a3da79dcbd0a0000

That caravan looks nice

That's horrible! I can't believe how these criminals are wasting the money that should rightfully be getting used for cheese pizza and hot dog parties!

Another Russian oligarch's mega yacht seized!

Reminder that sites like israel.tv are still "illegal" to visit and all US ISPs are forced to block it, even though this directly contradicts Net Neutrality.

Exactly. Support those who create it. Not publishers or ebook lending companies

you wouldn't download a car

i bet they even sent the policemans helmet to his widow

So funny 😂. I really thought it was fake.

Is that Dominic Torretto in the bottom right?

It gives "QUIT HAVING FUN!!" vibes. :)