Let's just come out and say it plainly: Z-Library is a definitive net-benefit to the humanity as a whole. Simple as that.

> They do need to fund it somehow, don’t they?

Why doesn’t this statement also apply to the source of the materials this entity is stealing from?

Library Genesis (and there are multiple LibGen servers now!) has operated for years without the same profit model as Z-Library. In fact, in the e-book piracy scene that goes back well over a decade already, Z-Library’s model is pretty unusual and has always been under a cloud of controversy.