U.S. Court Orders LibGen to Pay $30m to Publishers, Issues Broad Injunction * TorrentFreak
torrentfreak.comA New York federal court has ordered the operators of shadow library LibGen to pay $30 million in damages and issued a broad injunction.
Here is your reminder to always use really free books sources ( Cretive Commons or Public domain) and to donate to them.
Maybe one day, we will be more open about knowledge sharing.
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isnt this a bit like the annas archive situation? they cant find the owner?
The owner of Libgen is Paul Boissel Dombreval, a Ukrainian citizen. Yeah, good luck finding this guy right now.