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Is LibGen & Sci-Hub at risk of coming down? I know it's a game of cat and mouse, but I was just under the assumption that they were both doing fine relatively s

by SCUSKU 2y ago

Is LibGen & Sci-Hub at risk of coming down? I know it's a game of cat and mouse, but I was just under the assumption that they were both doing fine relatively speaking. And what makes Anna's Archive better/different?

FabHK 2y ago
Disclaimer: not an expert in any of this, just stumbled across that page on Anna's Archive. Sci-Hub is down (as in, you can't search/view/download papers from sci-hub.se), AFAIK. Anna's Archive aggregates into a unified database material from Libgen.rs, Sci-Hub, Libgen.li, Z-Library, Internet Archive Controlled Digital Lending, and DuXiu 读秀. (See: https://annas-archive.org/datasets https://annas-archive.org/datasets )
- dredmorbius 2y ago
  The .se domain was seized in Jan 2023: <https://torrentfreak.com/domain-registry-takes-sci-hubs-se-domain-name-offline-230126/ https://torrentfreak.com/domain-registry-takes-sci-hubs-se-d...>
dredmorbius 2y ago
If nothing else, investment diversification. Z-Library was significantly attacked recently. There was a huge takedown in 2022, and I'm finding reports as of March 2024 as well: 2024: "FBI Carries Out Fresh Round of Z-Library Domain Name Seizures" <https://torrentfreak.com/fbi-carries-out-fresh-round-of-z-library-domain-name-seizures-240530/ https://torrentfreak.com/fbi-carries-out-fresh-round-of-z-li...> 2022: "Z-Library operators arrested, charged with criminal copyright infringement" <https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/18/zlibrary_operators_arrested/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/18/zlibrary_operators_ar...> The Z-Library arrests were of Russian nationals, but were arrested in Argentina. The first Torrentfreak article mentions two other actions in Spring and November 2023. Sci-Hub has played cat-and-mouse with domains for years, and AFAIU has still withheld posting new scientific articles given pending litigation/prosecution in India. Another Torrentfreak article from Nov 2023 gives an update on numerous issues with text liberation sites, including Anna's Archive, Sci-Hub, and Z-Library. At the time, the Anna's Archive twitter account had been "wiped out", so much for that platform's "free speech" stance. <https://torrentfreak.com/copyright-piracy-news-brief-1-extra-news-views-updates-from-tf-231115/ https://torrentfreak.com/copyright-piracy-news-brief-1-extra...>

by SCUSKU 2y ago

FabHK 2y ago

Disclaimer: not an expert in any of this, just stumbled across that page on Anna's Archive. Sci-Hub is down (as in, you can't search/view/download papers from sci-hub.se), AFAIK. Anna's Archive aggregates into a unified database material from Libgen.rs, Sci-Hub, Libgen.li, Z-Library, Internet Archive Controlled Digital Lending, and DuXiu 读秀. (See: https://annas-archive.org/datasets https://annas-archive.org/datasets )

dredmorbius 2y ago
The .se domain was seized in Jan 2023: <https://torrentfreak.com/domain-registry-takes-sci-hubs-se-domain-name-offline-230126/ https://torrentfreak.com/domain-registry-takes-sci-hubs-se-d...>

dredmorbius 2y ago

If nothing else, investment diversification. Z-Library was significantly attacked recently. There was a huge takedown in 2022, and I'm finding reports as of March 2024 as well: 2024: "FBI Carries Out Fresh Round of Z-Library Domain Name Seizures" <https://torrentfreak.com/fbi-carries-out-fresh-round-of-z-library-domain-name-seizures-240530/ https://torrentfreak.com/fbi-carries-out-fresh-round-of-z-li...> 2022: "Z-Library operators arrested, charged with criminal copyright infringement" <https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/18/zlibrary_operators_arrested/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/18/zlibrary_operators_ar...> The Z-Library arrests were of Russian nationals, but were arrested in Argentina. The first Torrentfreak article mentions two other actions in Spring and November 2023. Sci-Hub has played cat-and-mouse with domains for years, and AFAIU has still withheld posting new scientific articles given pending litigation/prosecution in India. Another Torrentfreak article from Nov 2023 gives an update on numerous issues with text liberation sites, including Anna's Archive, Sci-Hub, and Z-Library. At the time, the Anna's Archive twitter account had been "wiped out", so much for that platform's "free speech" stance. <https://torrentfreak.com/copyright-piracy-news-brief-1-extra-news-views-updates-from-tf-231115/ https://torrentfreak.com/copyright-piracy-news-brief-1-extra...>