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1. Taking Pirated Copies Offline Can Benefit Book Sales, Research Finds

   By Karlston, August 4, 2024
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   • August 4, 2024

2. Alleged Anna’s Archive Operator Dropped from U.S. ‘Scraping’ Lawsuit

   By Karlston, April 17, 2025   

   • annas archive
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   • April 17, 2025

3. Why a Court Order to Block Internet Archive’s Open Library Was Put On Hold

   By Karlston, August 16, 2025   

   • internet archive
   • court order
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     • belgium
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   • Comment by andy2004
   • August 16, 2025

4. Anna’s Archive Loses .LI Domain As Legal Pressure Mounts

   By Karlston, March 3   

   • annas archive
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   • 5,101 views
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   • March 3

5. Popular Shadow Library ‘LibGen’ Breaks Down Amidst Legal Troubles

   By Karlston, August 14, 2024
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   • August 14, 2024

6. Training AI Using ‘Pirated’ Content Can Be Fair Use, Law Professors Argue

   By Karlston, April 3, 2025
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   • April 3, 2025

7. Meta Admits Use of ‘Pirated’ Book Dataset to Train AI

   By Karlston, January 11, 2024
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   • January 11, 2024

8. Publishers: Google’s Ebook Ad “Ban” Blocked Legitimate Sellers, Not Pirates

   By Karlston, May 13   

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   • May 13

9. Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues

   By Karlston, March 7   

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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 7

10. Internet Archive: Digital Lending is Fair Use, Not Copyright Infringement

    By Karlston, December 19, 2023   

    • internet archive
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    • 1,355 views
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    • December 19, 2023

11. Major Publishers Sue Anna’s Archive Over ‘Staggering’ Copyright Infringement, Seek Injunction

    By Karlston, March 9   

    • annas archive
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    • 278 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 9

12. Publishers’ Lawsuit Accuses Libgen of “Staggering” Copyright Infringement

    By Karlston, September 15, 2023
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    • 1,418 views
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    • September 15, 2023

13. Z-Library Lets People Run White-Label, Login-Only Pirate Mirrors

    By Karlston, Monday at 09:48 PM   

    • z-library
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    • Monday at 09:48 PM

14. Anna’s Archive Hit With $19.5m Default Judgment and Global Domain Takedown Order

    By Karlston, May 21
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    • 412 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 21

15. Internet Archive Wants Publishers’ Sales Data to Show Digital Library Doesn’t Hurt Sales

    By Karlston, August 14, 2021
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    • 1,300 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 14, 2021

16. NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books

    By Karlston, January 19   

    • annas archive
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    • 360 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 19

17. Authors Accuse OpenAI of Using Pirate Sites to Train ChatGPT

    By Karlston, June 30, 2023   

    • chatgpt
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    • 1,327 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 30, 2023

18. Z-Library Helps Students to Overcome Academic Poverty, Study Finds

    By Karlston, November 21, 2024   

    • z-library
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    • November 21, 2024

19. Major Publishers Expand Sci-Hub, Libgen and Ebook Piracy Blocking

    By Karlston, November 12, 2021
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    • November 12, 2021

20. More Than Half of All Google Search Takedowns Now Come from Link-Busters

    By Karlston, December 31, 2024
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 31, 2024

21. NVIDIA Denies Copyright Infringement Claims in Authors’ AI Lawsuit

    By Karlston, May 27, 2024   

    • nvidia
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    • May 27, 2024

22. Publishers: Internet Archive’s Sales Data Demand is “Burdensome and Irrelevant”

    By Karlston, August 19, 2021
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    • 1,173 views
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    • August 19, 2021

23. Sci-Hub: Researchers File Intervention Application To Fight ISP Blocking

    By Karlston, November 19, 2021
    • 1 comment
    • 1,969 views
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    • Comment by zanderthunder
    • November 30, 2021

24. ResearchGate Removes 200,000 ‘Infringing’ Files After Takedown Tidal Wave

    By Karlston, September 24, 2021
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    • 1,602 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 24, 2021

25. Publishers Seek $19.5 Million and Domain Takedown Order Against Anna’s Archive

    By Karlston, May 11   

    • annas archive
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    • 251 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 11