[pp.int.general] Library.nu is dead

[Daniel Riaño]

The site library.nu, described by someone as "the most amazing book
repository since the Alexandrian Library" has silently passed away last
night: http://gigapedia.info/lnu.html

I know it wasn't exactly a full pirate site: it was not devoted to P2P, but
to direct downloadings, and it had (we may guess) some profit. But it was
directed specifically to students, scholars, scientists and literary minded
people from all the world. Therefore we may be interested in knowing what
happened. Did the scientists suddenly lost their interest in the site?
Owners revenue was not enough? or did the owners of the site felt such
pressure they just gave up? and i so pressure by whom? Elzevier had its
banners in the site where the links were directed to, at least for some
time. So which was the business model?

For now we may only guess, but I think we should stop guessing and start
knowing about it!
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