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[-] citrussy_capybara@hexbear.net 121 points 4 days ago

Don’t give your money to the Russian cybercriminals

they’re not selling ebooks, they’re giving them away, that’s the whole point

[-] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 89 points 4 days ago

yOu WoUlDn’T StEaL A mOdEsT MiDdLe cLaSs VaCaTiOn

[-] sweatersocialist@hexbear.net 103 points 4 days ago

fbi acting like z library promised to take them on vacation but took their new girlfriend and stepson instead

[-] foxontherocks@hexbear.net 97 points 4 days ago

I think the folks who gave me some books can have a camping trip in a marsh.

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 97 points 4 days ago

Am i supposed to be angered at these pics of z's "luxurious" lifestyle?

These are middle class aspirations at best. show me just one of the houses of these copyright holders.

Hate! Haaaaaate! peppino-angry

[-] sweatersocialist@hexbear.net 48 points 4 days ago

are you joking? look at that late 1990s camper. that thing must’ve costed literally dozens upon dozens of dollars to rent. yet they wanna act like they aren’t making money. im not buying that bs

[-] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 90 points 4 days ago

Wow, I'm so upset that these people providing an invaluable service to the world have a modicum of comfort in their lives!

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 76 points 4 days ago

Berries in their gruel? The underclass is too comfortable porky-point

[-] LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net 79 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

There are like two MEGACORPS that run educational textbook industry. I know many students who used Z-Library to get their textbooks. It's crazy that IP law is ALWAYS about money, nothing else. IP law does nothing but get in the way of education and knowledge creation. Z-Lib was the plug.

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 77 points 4 days ago

The dude went on a camping trip with a range rover and caravan, along with a rented boat, and that's somehow worth making a fuss according to the FBI?

[-] VILenin@hexbear.net 70 points 4 days ago

You say that capitalism is bad, and yet you enjoy things. Curious.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 57 points 4 days ago

This is actually pathetic. Is this real? Is this supposed to look like opulence? Show us some "copyright holder" camping trips please

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[-] iByteABit@hexbear.net 74 points 4 days ago

Now show us what a vacation of an average US millionaire looks like and why we should give a fuck that they're getting paid a few books less, money which the writer themselves will probably get a sad percentage of anyway

[-] TechnoUnionTypeBeat@hexbear.net 30 points 4 days ago

Fuck the vacation, just show a picture of the average day to day living of the billionaires who own publishing companies and it's already far beyond the conception of the average person

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 63 points 4 days ago

I'll pay them so they can afford something better than a caravan holiday, nobody deserves that.

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 29 points 4 days ago

Pretty much every second Afrikaans family goes on a caravan or camping holiday during the school holidays here in South Africa lol. It's basically a tradition at this point.

[-] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 49 points 4 days ago

That's nice they do a lot of good work I hope they enjoy their vacation blob-no-thoughts

[-] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 50 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Z-library living it up like they're 1950s auto workers taking a week off to go fishing around Baldwin, MI.

Edit: It reminds of the handwringing about Bernie Sanders having a vacation cabin. Having a cabin used to be extremely common in the unionized Midwest, and in the USSR having a dacha to hang out at was also very normal. It's something a society with advanced industry can easily achieve. Capitalists are trying to erase the living memory of countless 100s of millions of people and act like having access to a cabin is an unprecedented luxury.

[-] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 20 points 4 days ago

My working class (white) grandparents were able to afford a cabin in the hills, and their whole family (stay at home mom and children) spent every summer there. Grandpa was afforded fridays off every week throughout the summer to drive out and enjoy each long weekend with his family.

I dont know if everyone should have a private cabin, but the idealistic summers of yore arent accesible to any working class family anymore.

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[-] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 59 points 4 days ago
[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 66 points 4 days ago

They actually have a pot of STOLEN gold at the end of that rainbow.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 44 points 4 days ago

Would you download a pot of gold???

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[-] mechwarrior2@hexbear.net 55 points 4 days ago

Russian admins: feds want me, fish fear me grillman

[-] REgon@hexbear.net 41 points 4 days ago

So they've spent the vast hordes of money on... what looks like a cheap, semi-decrepit bungalow in a flooded area and a relatively new car, a camper, a small boat and what looks like the kinda view you'd get on most vacations to the mediterranean so I'm gonna assume they're on vacation? Wow they're really living high on the hog

Don't get me wrong, it looks nice, but for the vibe the FBI is throwing out you'd think they were living like Epstein.

[-] AFineWayToDie@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago

They bought the mountain in the fourth pic.

[-] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 60 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Fuck the FBI. I hope a plane crashes and burn their building.

AFAIK their luxurious lifestyle is concerned, that is the most middle-class American stuff I've ever seen. More like the US has lowered the standard so much that the bare minimum of renting a speedboat and vans for a few days is considered "luxurious".

[-] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 41 points 4 days ago

Unlimited 9/11 on all spy agencies

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[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 53 points 4 days ago

Fuck I never thought i'd experience second hand embarrassment from the FBI, this reeks of desperation, cringe

[-] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 49 points 4 days ago

That picture on the bottom left looks quite nice. I hope they enjoyed the trip to the lake

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 35 points 4 days ago

Hope there weren't any mosquitos.

[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 36 points 4 days ago

less opulent than the average american car dealership owner, and z-library actually provides a useful service

[-] frauddogg@hexbear.net 45 points 4 days ago

As long as original content is held part and parcel by vile capitalist entities intent on wringing every possible dime out of the underclass, then no. Piracy is a service problem; Z-Library hosts a better service than anyone whose content ended up there.

All swine is good for is pit roasting in this house; and all their words are fuckin wind.

[-] chungusamonugs@hexbear.net 45 points 4 days ago

Imagine them seizing the RNC website and posting pictures of maralago with the same caption.

[-] kleeon@hexbear.net 37 points 4 days ago

Russian cybercriminals

Them being Russian makes it extra bad!

[-] bazingabrain@hexbear.net 40 points 4 days ago

lmao what a bunch of fucking losers

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 34 points 4 days ago

So continues the trend of the American alphabet agencies continuing to become more and more pathetic

[-] Aquilae@hexbear.net 36 points 4 days ago

Hell yeah. Someone saving me hundreds of dollars better get a vacation or two at least

[-] imnotfromkaliningrad@lemmy.ml 31 points 4 days ago

deeply unserious agency

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 36 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

they can only seize domains? L

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 30 points 4 days ago

fedposting AND THEY WENT CAMPING! AND THEY HAD A SMALL FISHING BOAT! THE BOSS DOESN'T EVEN GIVE ME TIME OFF - THE NERVE! IF I CAN'T HAVE TIME OFF WORK THEN NO ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY A DAY IN THE SUN!

Hey fed-minders you doing ok buds? I know I've been slacking off in my p0rn binge nights and I appologize for that. Maybe later tonight you can follow my browisng history for some "research" you know "for work" janet-wink get some of that stress off instead of being forced to play McCarthy red scare yadda.

[-] coolusername@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I read an ama by a guy that was hosting a ton of those free streaming movie sites and he said he wasn't making much

So... I doubt these guys made much either

[-] Aquilae@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago

If it was that profitable corporations would start doing it lol

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 25 points 4 days ago

I once bought a better looking camper for like $3000 USD (to live in, it sucked)

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