Pirate library must pay publishers $30M, but no one knows who runs it | Ars Technica

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Summary:

"On Thursday, some links to the notorious shadow library Library Genesis (Libgen) couldn't be reached after a US district court judge, Colleen McMahon, ordered what TorrentFreak called "one of the broadest anti-piracy injunctions" ever issued by a US court.

In her order, McMahon sided with textbook publishers who accused Libgen of willful copyright infringement after Libgen completely ignored their complaint.

To compensate rightsholders, McMahon ordered Libgen to pay $30 million, but because nobody knows who runs the shadow library, it seems unlikely that publishers will be paid any time soon, if ever...."

Link:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/pirate-library-must-pay-publishers-30m-but-no-one-knows-who-runs-it/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.libgen oa.litigation oa.copyright oa.usa oa.guerrilla

Date tagged:

09/27/2024, 09:07

Date published:

09/27/2024, 05:07