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[–] [email protected] 116 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This whole message reads like “we don’t actually care but we have to say that we do 😉🙂‍↕️”

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago

Yep, the legal team advised a scare tactic akin to ISPs fishing for low-effort compliance. Reminds me of CAMP & the ATF busting farms in Mendicino until the '10s.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

that such infringements do not occur on the campus

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I often tell my students “whatever you do, don’t go to libgen dot rs to download our textbook illegally. You’re gonna want to avoid Anna’s archive as well. You really want to steer clear from these malicious websites.”

[–] Tja 32 points 3 months ago