10-02-2024, 09:33 AM
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Pirate library must pay publishers $30M, but no one knows who runs it
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...s-who-runs-it/
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On Thursday [September 26], 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.
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More whack-a-mole...
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