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class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span style="word-break: break-all">bookszlibb74ugqojhzhg2a63w5i2atv5bqarulgczawnbmsb6s6qead.onion <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tor_(network)" title="Tor network"><img alt="Tor network" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg/18px-Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg/27px-Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg/36px-Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="306" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></span><sup><small>(<a href="/wiki/Tor_(network)#Tor_Browser" title="Tor (network)">Accessing link help</a>)</small></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span 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clients">Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_Usenet_newsreaders" title="Comparison of Usenet newsreaders">Comparison of Usenet newsreaders</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:File sharing sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Z-Library</b> (abbreviated as <b>z-lib</b>, formerly <b>BookFinder</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Shadow_library" title="Shadow library">shadow library</a> project for <a href="/wiki/File-sharing" class="mw-redirect" title="File-sharing">file-sharing</a> access to <a href="/wiki/Scholarly_journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Scholarly journal">scholarly journal</a> articles, academic texts and general-interest books. It began as a <a href="/wiki/Mirror_site" title="Mirror site">mirror</a> of <a href="/wiki/Library_Genesis" title="Library Genesis">Library Genesis</a>, but has expanded dramatically.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LA-20221114_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA-20221114-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the website's own data released in February 2023, its collection comprised over 13.35<span class="nowrap"> </span>million books and over 84.8<span class="nowrap"> </span>million articles.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Z-Library is particularly popular in <a href="/wiki/Emerging_economies" class="mw-redirect" title="Emerging economies">emerging economies</a> and among academics.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2020, Z-Library was visited by around 2.84<span class="nowrap"> </span>million users, of whom 14.76% were from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/Alexa_Traffic_Rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexa Traffic Rank">Alexa Traffic Rank</a> service, Z-Library was ranked as the 8,182nd most active website in October 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The organization describes itself as "the world's largest <a href="/wiki/Ebook" title="Ebook">e-book</a> library", as well as "the world's largest scientific articles store", and operates as a non-profit organization sustained by donations.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besides sharing ebooks, Z-Library plans to expand their offerings to include physical paperback books, at dedicated "Z-Points" around the globe, as well.<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20230408_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20230408-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Z-Library and its activities are illegal in many jurisdictions. While website seizures reduced the accessibility of the content,<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20240118_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20240118-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it remains available on the <a href="/wiki/Dark_web" title="Dark web">dark web</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VC-20221139_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VC-20221139-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legal status of the project, as well as its potential impact on the publishing industry and authors' rights, is a matter of ongoing debate.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LA-20221114_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA-20221114-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Website">Website</h2></div> <p>The site is financed by user donations, that are collected twice a year (September and March) through fundraising.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the years, various <a href="/wiki/URL" title="URL">URLs</a> and <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP addresses</a> have been used for Z-Library as domain names have been confiscated by various legal authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Functionality">Functionality</h3></div> <p>Not much is known about Z-Library in terms of its operation, management, and commercial status. Notably, Z-Library does not open its full database to the public. Despite that, its database, excluding books from Library Genesis, was mirrored by archivists in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an effort to prevent blacklisting of domains (oftentimes by internet providers at the <a href="/wiki/DNS" class="mw-redirect" title="DNS">DNS</a>-level in accordance with legal procedures),<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Z-Library used a homepage that did not contain any infringing content, but instead listed many working mirror domains for different regions.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This did not help, as the domain "z-lib.org" was seized in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2019, the Z-Library team claimed to have servers in <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>, Germany, <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>, Russia and the United States, and the size of their database is over 220 TB.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2023, Z-Library announced the possible use of browser extensions to help mitigate challenges if the domain name has to change.<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20230804_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20230804-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fraudulent_domains">Fraudulent domains</h3></div> <p>Some <a href="/wiki/Phishing" title="Phishing">phishing</a> scams have attempted to impersonate Z-Library by using similar domain names and an identical visual design in order to extract login credentials and ask for donations.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_status">Legal status</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Copyright_infringement#Legality_of_downloading" title="Copyright infringement">Copyright infringement § Legality of downloading</a></div> <p>Z-Library has cycled through domain names, some of which have been blocked by <a href="/wiki/Domain_name_registry" title="Domain name registry">domain registry operators</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20240118_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20240118-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Z-Library remains reachable via alternative domains,<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20240118_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20240118-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is also accessible through the <a href="/wiki/.onion" title=".onion">.onion</a>-linked <a href="/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tor (anonymity network)">Tor</a> network. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3></div> <p>In mid-2015, <a href="/wiki/The_Publishers_Association" title="The Publishers Association">The Publishers Association</a>, a UK organization, attempted to enact <a href="/wiki/Internet_service_provider" title="Internet service provider">internet service provider</a>-level blocks on Z-Library.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 2015, publisher <a href="/wiki/Elsevier" title="Elsevier">Elsevier</a> filed a successful court request that ordered the registrar of bookfi.org to seize the site's <a href="/wiki/Internet_domain" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet domain">internet domain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3></div> <p>Some of Z-Library's domains, bookfi.org, booksc.org and b-ok.org, were included in the 2017 <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_United_States_Trade_Representative" title="Office of the United States Trade Representative">Office of the United States Trade Representative</a> report on <a href="/wiki/Notorious_market" title="Notorious market">notorious markets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Z-Library's domains were temporarily blocked in 2021 after a <a href="/wiki/DMCA" class="mw-redirect" title="DMCA">DMCA</a> notice issued by <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Business_Publishing" title="Harvard Business Publishing">Harvard Business Publishing</a>. The domain suspensions were lifted.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2022, <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a> blocked hashtags related to Z-Library after it gained popularity there and the <a href="/wiki/Authors_Guild" title="Authors Guild">Authors Guild</a> submitted a complaint to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Trade_Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Trade Representative">United States Trade Representative</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 3, 2022, over 240 domain names of Z-Library's<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20221120_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20221120-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:8_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were seized by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a> and <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> in response to a <a href="/wiki/Court_order" title="Court order">court order</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and two Russian nationals associated with the project were arrested on charges related to copyright infringement and money laundering in <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BR-20221116_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-20221116-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BC-20221117_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BC-20221117-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the domains z-lib.org, b-ok.org, and 3lib.net were seized, the DNS servers utilised switched to ns1.seizedservers.com and ns2.seizedservers.com, used commonly in US law enforcement seizures. These servers have switched to <a href="/wiki/Njalla" title="Njalla">Njalla</a>, an anonymous <a href="/wiki/Internet_hosting_service" title="Internet hosting service">hosting provider</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The website continues to be active and accessible through the <a href="/wiki/Tor_(network)" title="Tor (network)">Tor network</a> and the <a href="/wiki/I2P" title="I2P">I2P network</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20221120_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20221120-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TF-20221123_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20221123-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VC-20221139_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VC-20221139-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before returning to the regular Internet through private personal domains issued to each user on February 11, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-BCpersonaldomains_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BCpersonaldomains-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TF-20230213_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20230213-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 16, 2022, U.S. Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York of the Department of Justice unsealed the indictment for two Russian nationals, Anton Napolsky and Valeriiia Ermakva, who had been placed under house arrest in <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> on November 3, 2022 pending an extradiction hearing.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were charged with <a href="/wiki/Criminal_copyright_infringement" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal copyright infringement">criminal copyright infringement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wire_fraud" class="mw-redirect" title="Wire fraud">wire fraud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Money_laundering" title="Money laundering">money laundering</a> for operating the Z-Library website.<sup id="cite_ref-DOJ-20221116_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOJ-20221116-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TF-20221117_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20221117-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LA-20221111_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA-20221111-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The indictment pertains to alleged criminal activity taking place from 2018 to 2022, though the pair are suspected to have operated Z-Library for "over a decade".<sup id="cite_ref-AR-20221117_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR-20221117-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The arrests were accomplished by the FBI with data from Google and Amazon (among other sites), accessed with <a href="/wiki/Search_warrants" class="mw-redirect" title="Search warrants">search warrants</a>, that helped identify the founders of the website.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. lawyers retained as official representatives<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20230503_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20230503-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> requested a dismissal of the criminal indictment in June 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20230816_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20230816-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two escaped their house arrest in Argentina. The presiding judge issued an <a href="/wiki/Interpol" title="Interpol">Interpol</a> warrant for their arrest, and their whereabouts are unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The law enforcement efforts were formally assisted by <a href="/wiki/The_Publishers_Association" title="The Publishers Association">The Publishers Association</a> along with the <a href="/wiki/Authors_Guild" title="Authors Guild">Authors Guild</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and reportedly, indirectly by <a href="/wiki/BREIN" title="BREIN">BREIN</a>, a Dutch anti-piracy group.<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20221126_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20221126-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Authors Guild issued a statement supporting the arrests, commenting that it was "one of the biggest breakthroughs in the fight against online criminal e-book piracy to date".<sup id="cite_ref-:8_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AR-20221117_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR-20221117-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The executive director for the <a href="/wiki/Authors_Alliance" title="Authors Alliance">Authors Alliance</a>, a group dedicated to increasing access for literature, said "I certainly don't condone illegal behavior, but I think this seizure and press release highlight how broken our copyright system is".<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some authors like <a href="/wiki/Alison_Rumfitt" title="Alison Rumfitt">Alison Rumfitt</a> have also defended the project, arguing that it provides a valuable service by increasing access to knowledge and promoting education in underprivileged communities.<sup id="cite_ref-Rumfitt_Guardian_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rumfitt_Guardian-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DD-20221125_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DD-20221125-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Decreased accessibility to Z-Library and its services has substantially impacted students and researchers in underfunded institutions who rely on its resources for their studies and work.<sup id="cite_ref-WP-20221117_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WP-20221117-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AR-20221117_52-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR-20221117-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SL-20221115_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SL-20221115-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Days after the law enforcement action, a group of anonymous archivists launched <a href="/wiki/Anna%27s_Archive" title="Anna's Archive">Anna's Archive</a>, a search engine that provides access to the contents of Z-Library and other shadow libraries.<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20221119_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20221119-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LA-20221122_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA-20221122-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many other workarounds to the recent attempts to take down Z-Library have been reported.<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20221202_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20221202-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TF-20221123_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20221123-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of these purported alternative sites have taken up the top search results and submitted bogus <a href="/wiki/DMCA" class="mw-redirect" title="DMCA">DMCA</a> takedown requests of their own, according to news reports.<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20221217_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20221217-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TF-20230511_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20230511-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2023, a new round of domain name seizures was carried out by U.S. authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20230505_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20230505-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BrodkinSecretDomains_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BrodkinSecretDomains-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2023, dozens of domains were seized by authorities from the United States and Austria.<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20231108_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20231108-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2024, additional Z-Library domains were reported to have been targeted by publishers.<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20240118_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20240118-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2024, several domain name seizures were carried out by U.S. authorities, including the site’s email domain z-lib.se.<sup id="cite_ref-TF-20240531_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF-20240531-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="India">India</h3></div> <p>The website was banned in India in August 2022, following a court order from the <a href="/wiki/Tis_Hazari" title="Tis Hazari">Tis Hazari</a> <a href="/wiki/District_courts_of_India" title="District courts of India">district court</a>, after a complaint which stated that the copyrights of ten books (pertaining to the topics of tax and corporate law) were being violated by Z-Library.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Internet service providers in India were directed to block the site.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision to block Z-Library and other shadow libraries has been criticized by some Indian authors, students, academics, and <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_information" title="Freedom of information">freedom of information</a> activists.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 5, 2022, the Hindu right wing group <a href="/wiki/Swadeshi_Jagaran_Manch" class="mw-redirect" title="Swadeshi Jagaran Manch">Swadeshi Jagran Manch</a> formally objected that the FBI's seizure of the Indian domain name 1lib.in (used by Z-lib) merely by the District Judge of New York's order without jurisdiction had violated India's sovereignty.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France">France</h3></div> <p>In September 2022, it was announced that the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Syndicat_national_de_l%27%C3%A9dition&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Syndicat national de l'édition (page does not exist)">Syndicat national de l'édition</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndicat_national_de_l%27%C3%A9dition" class="extiw" title="fr:Syndicat national de l'édition">fr</a>]</span> (National Publishing Union) in France succeeded in a legal challenge to Z-Library, having filed a complaint against about two hundred domains and mirror site domains associated with it. The decision was made by the <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribunal_judiciaire_de_Paris" class="extiw" title="fr:Tribunal judiciaire de Paris">Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris</a>, which is Paris's civil court; internet service providers in France were directed to block the domains.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="China">China</h3></div> <p>The site is targeted and blocked by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Firewall" title="Great Firewall">Great Firewall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Shadow_libraries" title="Category:Shadow libraries">Category:Shadow libraries</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anna%27s_Archive" title="Anna's Archive">Anna's Archive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Library_Genesis" title="Library Genesis">Library Genesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sci-Hub" title="Sci-Hub">Sci-Hub</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation" title="Electronic Frontier Foundation">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_information" title="Freedom of information">Freedom of information</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICanHazPDF" title="ICanHazPDF">#ICanHazPDF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JSTOR" title="JSTOR">JSTOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_Library" title="Open Library">Open Library</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Z-Library<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-12-12</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=go-to-library.sk&rft.atitle=Z-library+Project+-+Stay+connected+to+our+library+Z&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgo-to-library.sk%2F%23useful_link_tab&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZ-Library" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span style="word-break: break-all">bookszlibb74ugqojhzhg2a63w5i2atv5bqarulgczawnbmsb6s6qead.onion <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tor_(network)" title="Tor network"><img alt="Tor network" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg/18px-Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg/27px-Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg/36px-Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="306" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></span><sup><small>(<a href="/wiki/Tor_(network)#Tor_Browser" title="Tor (network)">Accessing link help</a>)</small></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span style="word-break: break-all">loginzlib2vrak5zzpcocc3ouizykn6k5qecgj2tzlnab5wcbqhembyd.onion <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tor_(network)" title="Tor network"><img alt="Tor network" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg/18px-Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg/27px-Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg/36px-Tor-logo-2011-flat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="306" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></span><sup><small>(<a href="/wiki/Tor_(network)#Tor_Browser" title="Tor (network)">Accessing link help</a>)</small></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sobiraj-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sobiraj_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSobiraj2022" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Sobiraj, Lars (November 4, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/e-books/z-library-momentan-nur-per-tor-netzwerk-erreichbar-258748.html">"Z-Library momentan nur per Tor-Netzwerk erreichbar"</a> [Z-Library is currently only accessible via the Tor network]. <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarnkappe.info&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tarnkappe.info (page does not exist)">tarnkappe.info</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/tarnkappe.info" class="extiw" title="de:tarnkappe.info">de</a>]</span></i> (in German). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230503050315/https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/e-books/z-library-momentan-nur-per-tor-netzwerk-erreichbar-258748.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2023-05-03<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Bioprospecting">Bioprospecting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Societal_views_on_patents" class="mw-redirect" title="Societal views on patents">Patents</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biological_patent" title="Biological patent">biological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Software_patent" title="Software patent">software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Software_patent_debate" title="Software patent debate">software patent debate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patent_troll" title="Patent troll">trolling</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">Public domain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_rights_reversed" title="All rights reversed">All rights reversed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_alternatives" title="Copyright 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contest">contests</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Share-alike" title="Share-alike">Share-alike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_on_demand" title="Video on demand">Video on demand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Movements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Access_to_Knowledge_movement" title="Access to Knowledge movement">Access to Knowledge movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_copyright" title="Criticism of copyright">Anti-copyright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_environmentalism" title="Cultural environmentalism">Cultural environmentalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free-culture_movement" title="Free-culture movement">Free-culture movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_software_movement" title="Free software movement">Free software movement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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href="/wiki/Grams_(search)" title="Grams (search)">Grams</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagi_(search_engine)" title="Kagi (search engine)">Kagi</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MetaGer" title="MetaGer">MetaGer</a>*</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Searx" title="Searx">Searx</a>*</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">News</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellingcat" title="Bellingcat">Bellingcat</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Current_Time_TV" title="Current Time TV">Current Time TV</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Die_Tageszeitung" title="Die Tageszeitung">Die Tageszeitung</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Welle" title="Deutsche Welle">Deutsche Welle</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer" title="The Daily Stormer">The Daily Stormer</a>*</li> <li><i><a 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/HackBB" title="HackBB">HackBB</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hub_(forum)" title="The Hub (forum)">The Hub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hidden_Wiki" title="The Hidden Wiki">The Hidden Wiki</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Darknet_market" title="Darknet market">Darknet markets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Agora_(online_marketplace)" title="Agora (online marketplace)">Agora</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AlphaBay" title="AlphaBay">AlphaBay</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atlantis_(market)" title="Atlantis (market)">Atlantis</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archetyp_Market" title="Archetyp Market">Archetyp</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Market_Reloaded" title="Black Market Reloaded">Black Market Reloaded</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dream_Market" title="Dream Market">Dream Market</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evolution_(marketplace)" title="Evolution (marketplace)">Evolution</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Farmer%27s_Market" title="The Farmer's Market">The Farmer's Market</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hansa_(market)" title="Hansa (market)">Hansa</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydra_Market" title="Hydra Market">Hydra Market</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sheep_Marketplace" title="Sheep Marketplace">Sheep Marketplace</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace)" title="Silk Road (marketplace)">Silk Road</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/TheRealDeal" title="TheRealDeal">TheRealDeal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Russian_Anonymous_Marketplace" title="Russian Anonymous Marketplace">Russian Anonymous Marketplace</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tor_Carding_Forum" title="Tor Carding Forum">Tor Carding Forum</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Utopia_(marketplace)" title="Utopia 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