A group of leading textbook publishers, including Cengage, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill, and Pearson Education, have sued Library Genesis over staggering copyright infringement. The lawsuit claims ...

A new project has just launched with the goal of preserving all human knowledge. The problem? It’s illegal. The Pirate Library Mirror is what it says on the tin: a mirror of existing libraries of ...

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Although sharing copyrighted materials online without permission may be illegal, many people still defend the practice, especially when it comes to the dissemination of academic knowledge. Library ...

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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 ...

Sept 14 (Reuters) - A group of major textbook publishers on Thursday sued file-sharing service Library Genesis in Manhattan federal court for what they described as copyright infringement on a ...