Z-Library Responds to U.S. Crackdown, Asks Authors for Forgiveness

Z-Library has responded to the U.S. criminal indictment against two of its alleged operators and associated domain name seizures. The remaining team members still haven't confirmed the involvement of the two Russians but say they are determined to keep going. Z-Library also promises to take the complaints of authors seriously and asks for their forgiveness.

https://torrentfreak.com/z-library-responds-to-u-s-crackdown-asks-authors-for-forgiveness-221121/

HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33697748

The really heartbreaking thing is that a mere $5.25 per month for a typical household could provide unrestricted access to everything ever published, whilst replacing all present US bookstore sales.

#CopyrightIsBrainDamage It imposes tremendous #DeadweightLosses and makes Letting People Read a Federal Crime.

#ZLibrary #Copyright #InformationIsAPublicGood #UniversalContentAccess #UniversalContentSyndication

In related news, the US DoJ and FBI have arrested the operators of ZLibrary in Argentina.

#Copyright #Crime #ZLibrary #CopyrightIsTheft #CopyrightIsBrainDamage

Publishers Are Taking the Internet to Court

... On June 1, Whitehead’s publisher, Penguin Random House, together with fellow megapublishers Hachette, HarperCollins, and Wiley, filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive alleging “mass copyright infringement.” The Internet Archive closed the National Emergency Library on June 16, citing the lawsuit and calling for the publishers to stand down. But the plaintiffs are continuing to press their claims, and are now seeking to close the whole Open Library permanently....

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/publishers-are-taking-the-internet-to-court/

HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33619939

#InternetArchive #Libraries #ControlledDigitalLending #PenguinRandomHouse #Hachette #HarperCollins #Wiley #Copyright #CopyrightIsBrainDamage