A critical bibliography about LibGen, the pirate site that Meta used for AI training | Martin Paul Eve | Professor of Literature, Technology and Publishing

"Yesterday, academic social media went into overdrive as many intellectuals discovered LibGen (“Library Genesis”) for the first time, thanks to an article and tool in The Atlantic....

In any case, here’s a secondary reading list of some of the material that’s out there on LibGen (the books platform) and Sci-Hub (articles and journals). As a technical point: LibGen also acts as the backing store for Sci-Hub, Finally, more recent platforms like Anna’s Archive are not that well covered in the secondary literature yet. Some of these links may, by now, be dead. You may also want to keep a lookout for publications resulting from Lance Eaton’s PhD work, which is focused on academic piracy (and for which I am on the committee)...."