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Four large US publishers sue ‘shadow library’ for alleged copyright infringement - [Library Genesis] (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Four leading US publishers have sued an online “shadow library” that allows visitors to download textbooks and other copyrighted materials free.

Cengage, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill and Pearson Education filed the suit against Library Genesis, also known as LibGen, in Manhattan federal court, citing “extensive violations” of copyright law.

The publishers asked for an unspecified amount of money in damages and called for LibGen domain names to be deleted or transferred to the four companies.

“This would adversely impact the creation of new works, scholarly endeavours and the availability of educational content in many disciplines”, read the suit.

Students are “bombarded” with messages “through social media and from their peers” to use LibGen sites instead of paying for textbooks during back-to-school season, according to the complaint.

In recent months, artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI have been accused of training their models on copyrighted materials obtained through shadow libraries including LibGen.

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