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Digital Publishers represent the largest number of Google DMCA takedown requests

The publishers are primarily targeting the shadow libraries. Such as Anna’s Archive and Z-Library.

Z Library Telegram Channel and Download Bot Gets Blocked

After facing criticism from the rightsholders, Telegram seems to be finally upping…

Meta trained their AI on Pirate Shadow Libraries

Meta trained its AI on pirated e-books from Anna’s Archive, Z-Library, and LibGen.

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…