Pirating textbooks for an inexperienced sailor
from Cattypat@lemmy.blahaj.zone to piracy@lemmy.ml on 28 Aug 2023 02:07
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/2337853

I’m fairly new to piracy overall, but I feel like I understand the basics of how to avoid my ISP and such. A family member who’s in college texted me the other day asking how she could pirate textbooks and I realized I’d never thought about it. Any tips for pirating textbooks? Safe sites?

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PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca on 28 Aug 2023 02:20 next collapse

Libgen

empireOfLove@lemmy.one on 28 Aug 2023 02:22 next collapse

Site: libgen[dot]is for probably 99% of all books with a pdf that exists online. However this site often gets blackholed by most institution’s DNS/firewalls because they don’t want you using it obviously. Can bypass using a VPN or TORbrowser.

Generally when I do any pirate stuff via browser only I just use TORbrowser. Yes it’s not endpoint secure but it just needs to be enough so my ISP doesn’t complain. The safest option is always to purchase a trusted VPN which will usually get you through any institutional firewall as it’s an “insulated pipe” that encrypts all traffic inside it.

aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 28 Aug 2023 08:18 collapse

Yes, torbrowser should get you around it and i know libgen has a tor mirror download link on books

If you don’t want to use tor and still want to download (tor can be slow) you can also change your dns server if your wifi blocks it through dns. No need for a vpn

beard_hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 28 Aug 2023 02:24 next collapse

Get a good VPN Proton or Mullvad if possible. My goto website for text book is Library Genesis. You can download epub, or pdf of particular textbook…

iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee on 28 Aug 2023 02:39 next collapse

Get a library car and casually go take photos of each page.

JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl on 28 Aug 2023 08:10 collapse

Lol, implying that universities nowadays actually have their required textbooks in the library. Maybe a couple 101 courses (enough for 1 in 200 students) but they have a direct financial incentive to not offer course books in the library.

refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org on 28 Aug 2023 06:16 next collapse

Anna’s Archive and Library Genesis are good places.

PeachMan@lemmy.one on 28 Aug 2023 14:26 collapse

Lots of good advice in this thread, BUT I would set expectations with your family that you probably won’t be able to find brand new textbooks. Books generally don’t get uploaded unless it has been a few years since they was published. So check the publication date before you get your hopes up.

loops@beehaw.org on 10 Sep 2023 05:38 collapse

Publication date doesn’t really matter much at my uni, since the only differences would be chapter and page number. I easily make do with the search function in the pdf. …for now. I’m not sure about upper level courses yet.