RIAA Flags Anna’s Archive and AI Voice Cloner to U.S. Government
Every year, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) invites rightsholders and other stakeholders to suggest foreign sites and services for its list of “notorious markets.” The annual review doesn’t make any legal findings. Instead, it aims to encourage the listed services, and the countries they operate from, to take proper action against piracy and counterfeiting. Last week, the RIAA responded with a submission that mostly mentions...
Publishers Seek $19.5m From Pirate Library WeLib, Recycle Anna’s Archive Claims
Last year, Anna’s Archive warned its users about WeLib, a “new entrant” in the shadow library ecosystem. The site appeared to have mirrored most of Anna’s collection and used a fork of its codebase. Since WeLib wasn’t sharing new collections or code improvements in return, Anna’s Archive cautioned prospective users. “We recommend not using them,” the team wrote at the time. In June, major book publishers came to a similar conclusion,...
