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shadow library en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Internet) An unlawful online book distributor that hosts free copies as PDFs, EPUBs, and the like for download.
Judge Alsup ruled that this approach was fair use under the law. But he also found the company’s previous approach — downloading and storing books from shadow libraries like Library Genesis and Pirate Library Mirror — was illegal.
2025 September 5, Cade Metz, “Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2025:
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pirate library · black open access