Feds Seize One of the Largest Sites for Pirated Books and Articles, Z-Library

peter.suber's bookmarks 2022-11-13

Summary:

"Last week, one of the largest repositories of pirated books and articles available on the Internet went dark—seemingly for good. As first reported by Torrentfreak, a series of Z-Library domain names were seized by the FBI and the main pages now have the stamped seals of the Department of Justice to prove it. 

Z-Library was a shadow library project that offered file-sharing access to scholarly journal articles, academic texts, and trade books. The sites enabled access to otherwise paywalled content including more than 11 million books and over 80 million articles. 

The FBI’s New York press office declined to comment. However, the seizure comes shortly after authors and publishers began to call out TikTok for giving torrenters a platform to publicize their book piracy hacks. ..."

 

Link:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k8qby/feds-seize-one-of-the-largest-sites-for-pirated-books-and-articles-z-library

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » peter.suber's bookmarks

Tags:

oa.new oa.z-library oa.copyright oa.usa oa.guerrilla

Date tagged:

11/13/2022, 11:06

Date published:

11/13/2022, 06:06