Major shadow libraries Anna’s Archive and LibGen blocked following court order
26 March 2024
In a significant development in the ongoing battle against online piracy, two major shadow libraries, Anna’s Archive and Library Genesis (LibGen), have been blocked following a court order issued by the Rotterdam District Court in Denmark, TorrentFreak reported.
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Notably, the exclusion of Z-Library from this blocking order raises questions, given its status as one of the largest platforms of its kind. BREIN clarified that the decision to focus on Anna’s Archive and LibGen was based on their perceived popularity, while affirming plans to pursue a blockade against Z-Library in the future should it continue to operate.
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Google’s cooperation in removing references to blocked websites from its search results further reinforces the impact of the blocking measures, underscoring a collaborative effort in combating online piracy.
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Anna’s Archive was sued in February 2024 by OCLC
In October 2023, Anna’s Archive was reported to have “scraped” (downloaded the entirety of) WorldCat, the world’s largest book metadata database. Anna’s Archive says that the scrape “marks a major milestone in mapping out all the books in the world” and that it allows them to “work on making a to-do list of all the books that still need to be preserved”. In response to the scrape, Anna’s Archive was sued in February 2024 by OCLC, one of the maintainers of WorldCat. OCLC says that the scrape was the result of cyberattacks on its servers and that Anna’s Archive allows public download of scraped data.
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