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While movie and TV show piracy is increasingly attracting for-profit piracy operations, pirate libraries continue to wave an ideological flag. <\/p>\nWhile movie and TV show piracy is increasingly attracting for-profit piracy operations, pirate libraries continue to wave an ideological flag. <\/p>\n
Portals such as Sci-Hub, LibGen, and Z-Library say they strive to collect and preserve as much written content as possible. That includes books, academic papers, and magazines. <\/p>\n
This preservation drift has awakened book publishers and other rightsholders. In recent years, we\u2019ve seen several high-profile enforcement efforts and civil lawsuits<\/a>. In addition, the U.S. Government also launched a criminal prosecution<\/a> of two alleged Z-Library operators.<\/p>\n While all eyes were on Z-Library in late 2022, a new shadow library search engine opened its doors<\/a>. With its non-nonsense website, Anna\u2019s Archive<\/a> swiftly became a daily visit for many, and that remains the case today.<\/p>\n This rising star didn\u2019t go unnoticed. In its relatively short existence, Anna\u2019s Archive has already been blocked by ISPs in several countries and sued in the U.S.<\/a> for scraping and publishing OCLC\u2019s WorldCat database. <\/p>\n The OCLC lawsuit, which remains ongoing, has the potential to put Anna\u2019s Archive\u2019s domain names at risk. Perhaps in part triggered by the legal problems, the site recently switched<\/a> from its .org domain to a .gs alternative. As a precaution, we were told. <\/p>\n This domain change didn\u2019t work out as planned, however. Not long after the site switched to the new domain name, it was forced to retrace its steps. Apparently, the .GS domain registry quickly decided to suspend the domain. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n The annas-archive.gs domain now has the \u2018server hold\u2019 status, but it\u2019s not clear why. The domain registry operator, Atlantis North Ltd, didn\u2019t respond to our request for comment. The most likely explanation, of course, is that a copyright holder complained. <\/p>\n The prompt domain suspension doesn\u2019t come as a surprise. When The Pirate Bay switched to the South Georgian TLD many years ago, it only took the .GS registry a few days to take it offline<\/a>. <\/p>\n The Pirate Bay wasn\u2019t fazed, as it had several backup domains available. The same now applies to Anna\u2019s Archive, which reverted to annas-archive.org and also has annas-archive.li and annas-archive.se as alternatives<\/a>. <\/p>\n Speaking with TorrentFreak, the Anna\u2019s Archive team says that it doesn\u2019t know that happened to their domain, as they weren\u2019t informed. However, it does see more domain troubles ahead.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t know what happened, the registry didn\u2019t communicate with us. Presumably they responded to some enforcement action, or perhaps they acted on their own. This will continue to happen and is the reason we have multiple domains and communication channels,\u201d they say. <\/p>\n Despite the recent setbacks and legal pressure, Anna\u2019s Archive shows no sign of retreat, quite the opposite in fact. In a new detailed blog post<\/a> the team reiterates that it will continue to gather as much human \u2018knowledge\u2019 as possible. <\/p>\n Interestingly, the choice to focus on textual content is more pragmatic than ideology-driven. Fundamentally, Anna\u2019s Archive would like to preserve all media, including video, but books and papers are simply easier to store in its digital archive.<\/p>\n \u201cSo why papers and books specifically? The answer is simple: information density. Per megabyte of storage, written text stores the most information out of all media. While we care about both knowledge and culture, we do care more about the former,\u201d the team explains. <\/p>\n Currently, the archive is nearing 1 million gigabytes, or 1 petabyte, which is a massive amount for text-based data. All these works are indexed and searchable, but they are also distributed by the site though large torrent files.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can collect papers, books, magazines, and more, and distribute them in bulk. We currently do this through torrents, but the exact technologies don\u2019t matter and will change over time. The important part is getting many copies distributed across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Making all of this, often copyrighted, data available to the public puts the site at risk of civil and criminal lawsuits. However, Anna\u2019s Archive believes that this risk is worth taking, to preserve as much knowledge as possible. <\/p>\n In its blog post, the site quotes the third U.S. President, Thomas Jefferson, who illustrated the importance of preservation though multiplication more than 200 years ago.<\/p>\n \u201cThe lost cannot be recovered; but let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use, in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Thomas Jefferson, 1791<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Anna\u2019s Archive also has a fundamental belief in preservation. This goal runs contrary to the interests of rightsholders, who want to control access to their works. This battle is nearing a peak now and could get worse going forward.<\/p>\n Instead of dwelling on legal troubles, Anna\u2019s Archive remains focused on its preservation goal. The site doesn\u2019t deny there are challenges. However, multiplication is about to get easier too. <\/p>\n The site has already collected a massive amount of data. Archiving this information will become cheaper in the near future, as digital storage costs go down exponentially. In addition, information density will improve through technology, such as OCR<\/a>. <\/p>\n For example, an old scanned book copy has a much larger file size than a properly optimized copy that\u2019s mostly text-based. This means that, even if the archive expands, file-sizes and costs will decrease significantly. <\/p>\n \u201cOverall it\u2019s not unrealistic to expect at least a 5-10x reduction in total file size, perhaps even more. Even with a conservative 5x reduction, we\u2019d be looking at $1,000\u2013$3,000 in 10 years even if our library triples in size.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf these forecasts are accurate, we just need to wait a couple of years before our entire collection will be widely mirrored. Thus, in the words of Thomas Jefferson, \u2018placed beyond the reach of accident\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Anna\u2019s Archive, we are \u2018on the eve of a revolution\u2019 but things can still go both ways. If rightsholders win this battle in the coming years, successfully shutting down all shadow libraries, all work would be for nothing. <\/p>\n To make its point, Anna\u2019s Archive cites Thomas Jefferson once more, noting that \u201cthe lost cannot be recovered\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a critical window of about 5-10 years during which it\u2019s still fairly expensive to operate a shadow library and create many mirrors around the world, and during which access has not been completely shut down yet.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we can bridge this window, then we\u2019ll indeed have preserved humanity\u2019s knowledge and culture in perpetuity. We should not let this time go to waste. We should not let this critical window close on us.\u201d<\/p>\n From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\nAnna\u2019s Archive Domain Suspension<\/h2>\n
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