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The Internet Archive lost its court case against publishers

The Internet Archive lost its case against some of the largest publishers…

Penguin Random House puts the kibosh on AI Training

Penguin Random House is the largest book publisher in the world. They…

French Court Orders Blocking Access to Z Library

A French court has ordered the piracy site Z Library to be…
Book Piracy

The Cruxes of AI and Book Piracy: A New Era

The issue of e-book piracy has significant implications for authors and publishers.…

LibGen ebooks are no longer downloading

Library Genesis is having a severe outage, and for the past week,…

U.S. Copyright Groups Urge Canada to Intensify Anti-Piracy Measures

Canada has often been accused of being lax when it comes to…

Manga Witnesses Record $800M Loss in May 2024

Japanese manga has been growing in popularity worldwide, but so has piracy.…

Digital Manga Piracy is becoming a Serious Issue

Digital manga piracy is a massive issue in the United States. In…

Anti-piracy Efforts Leads to Greater Sale of Legal Copies, But Only Slightly

With piracy ever on the rise, the best publishers can do is…

First Look at the Sol Reader with two E INK Screens

The Sol Reader is the world’s first wearable e-reader, a product that’s…

Pirated ebooks now have a new type of Malware

Ebook piracy is on the rise, costing US publishers around $300 million…

Audiobook Piracy becoming a major problem

Digital audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment, and in 2023, US revenue rose…

iPhone users in the EU are now able to easily pirate audiobooks and ebooks

Digital piracy on the iPhone is not very prevalent in the United…

Z Library Clone Site Leads to Biggest Data Theft Ever

Here is what is being considered the biggest exposure from digital piracy…

Japanese Startup Looking to Address Manga Piracy Using AI Tools

Japanese publishers face staggering losses of up to $5 billion annually due…

Should Google do more to prevent textbook piracy?

Major publishers are not sitting idly by, while digital textbook pirates use…

Comic Book Market To Grow by USD 3.25 billion by 2028

The global comic book market size is estimated to grow by USD…

US Audiobook Sales surpassed $2 billion in 2023

Audiobooks are quickly becoming more mainstream, and more than half of the…

Cheaper Prices Can Help Combat Book Piracy

It is common knowledge that you can save money if the prices…

Japanese Association of Translators Shoot Down Govt-Backed Manga AI Translation Plan

Japan’s ambitious plans to translate manga to English using AI technologies seem…

Audiobooks Recorded 9% Growth in 2023, $2 Billion in Sales

The audiobook growth momentum continues unabated in the United States, with the…

Manga Piracy Led to a Loss of $2.4 Billion to the Industry in 2023

Piracy continues to plague the entertainment industry, with manga perhaps being among…

Could Blockchain Change How eBook Ownership Works?

The Bitcoin price increase, seen easily on the Binance website, has catalyzed…