Related question, has Anna's archive been thoroughly filtered for non-copyright-related illegal material? Pedo, terrorism, etc. I've considered downloading a few chunks of it but I'm worried of ending up with content I really don't want to be anywhere near from.
The team that curates it is very dedicated and wouldn't do such a thing. The least of reasons being they don't want the heat from it.
I'm not sure what other forms of information is illegal beyond CP. In the US, bomb making instructions are not illegal. In other dictatorships or zealous religious regimes, information about democracy or works that insult Islam might be illegal
Not saying you're deceiving but can you show me where a state has made a book about bombs illegal? It seems like that would be a slam dunk 1A violation. And yes I'm aware that states willfully violate 2A but I don't want to discuss it here.
Right next to your answer were you implied I might be deceiving was already an answer telling apparently I was not deceiving. So yes, the mocking of my comment was not up to HN standards, but you don't see how you started it?
I think you're each setting the other off and being a bit overreactive to each other's comments, and I think there may be a misunderstanding of the other's intent. We still need to make an effort to observe the guidelines even if a reply to us comment seems hostile. Sometimes it's best to just to stop.
Indeed. Actually I did not try to attack. My intention was showing mild irony to something I perceived as an attack.
Those nuances easily get lost in text, I know, but that my post got flagged and his initial one did not, I really did not liked and that angered me a bit. But I can live with that, without making a drama out of it. Thanks for trying to mediate.
There is illegal stuff in there, because some of the books they've swept up into the archive have been retconned to be illegal. A lot of obscene material wasn't illegal until into the 80s, and these shadow libraries are scooping up everything without checking. I don't know what they do if you report it to them.
For instance, there are issues of multiple issues of Playboy with underage models. All the archives of British tabloid newspapers had to be purged in 2003 after the laws changed there, etc.
I'm still not sure the question makes much sense, if it's a general: "I want to support the project and so I want to seed a large chunk" Okay, I guess it's your due diligence to check, but there is a reporting feature built in, if something is found, report it.
Aside from that, if you're searching for specific content, the question is moot I guess.
I guess my confusion is what distinguishes this apart from any other torrent ? That is, if the submitted content is submitted at all.
I understood it as he or she wants to download large chunks of potentially interesting books for offline use, or once Anna goes down. So a broad filter. Not for seeding.
But thanks for the explanation that there is a report build in.
