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AI-Assisted Paper on Z-Library Cites a TorrentFreak Article That Doesn’t Exist https://torrentfreak.com/ai-assisted-paper-on-z-library-cites-a-torrentfreak-article-that-doesnt-exist/

A fresh academic paper on Z-Library cites a TorrentFreak article that doesn’t exist, and several other sources in the paper are also unfindable. The authors disclose that they used AI tools, which may explain what is going on. The use of AI in an academic paper on shadow libraries is also somewhat ironic, as rightsholders are suing AI companies for using these s

DNS Resolver Quad9 Will Leave France After Court Orders Piracy Blocking Penalty https://torrentfreak.com/dns-resolver-quad9-will-leave-france-after-court-orders-piracy-blocking-penalty/

Quad9 is leaving France over pirate site blocking orders, which makes it the second DNS resolver to leave the country. Quad9 will stop serving French users on November 24, after a Paris court set a €1,000 daily penalty for not blocking pirate tennis streams. Faced with this order and roughly 20 other pending French cases, Quad9 says that it has no other viable

‘VPNs at Risk’: Tech Coalition Pushes Back on Piracy Blocking Duties for VPNs https://torrentfreak.com/vpns-at-risk-tech-coalition-pushes-back-on-piracy-blocking-duties-for-vpns/

A new report published by the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) warns that poorly targeted VPN regulation can weaken the security infrastructure everyone depends on. The group, whose members include VPN providers, points to piracy blocking orders against VPNs in France, while U.S. lawmakers also consider similar blocking requirements. The report is

Judge Orders Meta to Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting Anna’s Archive and LibGen https://torrentfreak.com/judge-orders-meta-to-name-employees-who-approved-torrenting-annas-archive-and-libgen/

Meta will have to name the people who greenlit its torrenting of pirated books. A federal magistrate judge has ordered the company to identify everyone who approved sourcing books from LibGen and Anna’s Archive. This goes beyond the employees who ran the downloads and includes whoever decided whether to seed the books to others.