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Pirate library must pay publishers $30M, but no one knows who runs it

Some Libgen links can’t be reached after broad takedown order.

But even under such a broad injunction, the question remains whether publishers can succeed in taking down Libgen—which openly informs users that using its platform violates copyright laws and encourages them to pirate books anyway. Yesterday, TorrentFreak reported that none of the Libgen sites targeted in publishers' complaint were down, but as of Thursday, some links couldn't be reached, timed out while loading, or generated a 403 error denying access. TorrentFreak suggested that "completely eliminating" Libgen has been "extremely difficult" for years, though, "partly because the identities of those running it remains unknown."

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