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Anna’s Archive Sued for Data Scraping Copyright Infringement

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Anna’s Archive, a decentralized piracy collective formerly known as the “Pirate Library Mirror,” made waves when it announced it had scraped roughly 86 million music files and metadata for 256 million tracks directly from Spotify. The open-source search engine described it as the largest publicly available music metadata database ever assembled. The group planned to […]

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Anthropic Reaches Historic Copyright Infringement Settlement

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Anthropic has settled a class action lawsuit with U.S. authors over alleged copyright infringement in AI training. This marks the first major resolution in ongoing litigation against AI companies. The settlement terms remain undisclosed, with authors’ attorney Justin Nelson calling it “historic” and promising details within weeks. Massive Potential Liability Avoided A California federal judge

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YouTube is a Mecca for Illegal Digital Audiobook Piracy

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Digital Audiobook Piracy Surge Digital audiobook piracy has become a significant threat to the publishing industry, with YouTube emerging as the primary platform facilitating this illegal activity. Despite audiobooks being the fastest-growing digital publishing segment—generating $2.22 billion in 2024 with 13% growth—piracy is substantially undermining potential revenues. YouTube as Piracy Hub Research reveals alarming trends

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Z-Library and LibGen Move Book Piracy to the Dark Web

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One indication of how hard it is to completely eradicate book piracy is how quickly shuttered websites can find a new online home. Recently Z-Library head librarians were federally charged with copyright infringement, money laundering and wire fraud, and several of their websites were seized by the FBI. Shadow archivists—the digital librarians that maintain the

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Textbook Publishers Sue Shopify for Copyright Violations

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On Wednesday, five major textbook publishers sued Shopify, accusing the Canadian e-commerce company of letting its vendors repeatedly commit digital piracy. This trademark and copyright infringement case was filed jointly by McGraw Hill, Pearson, Macmillan, Elsevier and Cengage. Shopify, based in Ottawa, was first launched in 2006 as a platform to sell snowboarding equipment. It

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