Was looking at this earlier this week but didn't look further after seeing the "membership" part. But now that I know they take crypto that changes things
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You don't need a membership to download.
"We work with partners to make our collections easily and freely accessible to anyone. We believe that everyone has a right to the collective wisdom of humanity."
Yeah, sorry I meant more like the membership for fast downloads triggered my "sleazy website" response but I was wrong about that thankfully. I'm a member now lol