The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued a broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the ...

The Internet Archive’s online lending library recently suffered a big defeat in court. The organization is best known for operating the Wayback Machine, which stores old versions of web pages, a task ...

‘This won’t be easy, but it’s a necessary fight.’ ‘This won’t be easy, but it’s a necessary fight.’ is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered ...

After initially avoiding external blocking measures, the Internet Archive must block access to various books in its Open Library project under the orders of a Belgian government department. While the ...

The Internet Archive is an invaluable resource, a digital library for the planet that gives people free access to digitized books, magazines, software, music, and even websites (thanks to the Wayback ...

As a result of book publishers successfully suing the Internet Archive (IA) last year, the free online library that strives to keep growing online access to books recently shrank by about 500,000 ...

The U.S. Second Circuit court admonished the publishing industry for its predatory relationship with libraries, but ultimately handed them a victory. Reading time 3 minutes The U.S. Court of Appeals ...