[Link] Telegram Copyright Takedowns Breed a Hydra of Z-Library Bots

Read: 4/12/2022 torrentfreak.com

The U.S. Government's crackdown against Z-Library continues to make waves online. After the main domain names were seized, many book pirates switched to using alternatives such as Telegram bots. Several of these have since been removed by rightsholders.

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[Link] FBI Arrests Man For Fraudulently Obtaining Leaks of 100s of Pre-Release Books

Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com

The FBI has arrested a man who impersonated publishers and literary agents in order to fraudulently obtain hundreds of pre-release novels and other books in electronic form.

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[Link] Sci-Hub: Researchers File Intervention Application To Fight ISP Blocking

Read: 22/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

Last December, academic publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society filed a lawsuit demanding that Indian ISPs block access to Sci-Hub and Libgen for copyright infringement.

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[Link] The Publishers Association Ramps Up Site Blocking to Reduce Piracy

Read: 8/9/2021 torrentfreak.com

The Publishers Association, a UK organization supporting members producing digital and print books, research journals, and educational resources, obtained its first pirate site blocking injunction in 2015.

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