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The publishers allege the shadow library is facilitating "staggering" levels of piracy. While the site's owners are not likely to put up a defense, the publishers' main goal appears to be to obtain an injunction that can apply further pressure on domain registrars and registries.

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 15 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

RIP to a real one. I read a lot of books because of Anna's.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You do realize that they don't actually know who runs the website, right? This is a lawsuit against a bunch of John Does. Nothing has changed, AA still exists, and likely will exist long after those lawyers doing the suing retire.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 13 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] Prox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Great read. Thank you for sharing!

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

There are plenty of mirrors, they aren't going anywhere.