A corporation versus a citizen. Our system valorizes one's transgressions and destroys the other for theirs.
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Mushtaq Bilal, PhD
Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
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It's not stealing to pay for sources.
JSTOR subscriptions only cost $19.50 per month or $199 per year.
https://support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/articles/115004675707-JPASS-Individual-Subscriptions-to-JSTOR