[ExI] [POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: Download 2 Million eBooks for no charge

Antonio Marcos amcmr2003 at yahoo.com.br
Thu Jul 30 04:03:54 UTC 2009


Maybe, for some reason, they want to overload the servers by making a lot of people download a lot (all) of the books "while its still free".. some kind of DDOS?

Regards,
AM

--- Em qui, 30/7/09, Emlyn <emlynoregan at gmail.com> escreveu:

> De: Emlyn <emlynoregan at gmail.com>
> Assunto: Re: [ExI] [POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: Download 2 Million eBooks for no charge
> Para: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> Data: Quinta-feira, 30 de Julho de 2009, 0:06
> 2009/7/30 ben <benboc at lineone.net>:
> > BillK <pharos at gmail.com>
> tells us:
> >
> >> World eBook Fair Collection
> >>
> >> Open Access to eBooks from 7/04/09 to 8/04/09.
> >>
> >>    Created by contributions from 100+ eLibraries
> from around the
> >> world, here are the largest collections.
> >>
> >>    Starting July 4th 2009 is the Fourth Annual
> World eBook Fair. Our
> >> goal is to provide Free access for a month to 2
> Million eBooks.
> >>    ..100,000+    from Project Gutenberg
> >>    ..500,000+    from The World Public
> Library
> >>    1,385,000+   from The Internet Archive
> >>    ..250,000+    from eBooks About Everything
> >>    ....17,000+    from IMSLP
> >>
> >>   2,252,000+    Grand Total
> >>
> >> ---------------------
> >>
> >> During the rest of the year you may continue to
> download your
> >> selection of about 500,000 PDF eBooks by joining
> the World Public
> >> Library. Annual membership is only $8.95 per
> year.
> >
> >
> > Um, wow. Or maybe not.
> >
> > Let me get this straight.  They are offering, for a
> month, free access to a
> > bunch of books which are already freely available.
> >
> > Have I got that wrong?
> >
> > Ben Zaiboc
> > _______________________________________________
> 
> Yes, same question, are these all already free?
> 
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