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If #deGruyter wants 350 Euros for a 30+ year old #ebook, guess what I do.

#shadowLibrary #AnnasArchive #knowledge #openaccess

Neat insight to how Anna’s Archive runs their stack #shadowlibrary #hosting #tech
https://annas-archive.gl/blog/how-to-run-a-shadow-library.html

Can anyone recommend me some (online available ;) ) CS textbook that explains Elias-Fano encoding (and SELECT queries on it specifically) in a readable manner?

The original papers are annoying and my advisor just told me "it's popular enough that you can just ask your favourite LLM about it" and hell no

#csacademia #csresearch #cs #academicchatter #shadowlibrary #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #llm

Can anyone recommend me some (online available ;) ) CS textbook that explains Elias-Fano encoding (and SELECT queries on it specifically) in a readable manner?

The original papers are annoying and my advisor just told me "it's popular enough that you can just ask your favourite LLM about it" and hell no

#csacademia #csresearch #cs #academicchatter #shadowlibrary #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #llm

Can anyone recommend me some (online available ;) ) CS textbook that explains Elias-Fano encoding (and SELECT queries on it specifically) in a readable manner?

The original papers are annoying and my advisor just told me "it's popular enough that you can just ask your favourite LLM about it" and hell no

#csacademia #csresearch #cs #academicchatter #shadowlibrary #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #llm

Can anyone recommend me some (online available ;) ) CS textbook that explains Elias-Fano encoding (and SELECT queries on it specifically) in a readable manner?

The original papers are annoying and my advisor just told me "it's popular enough that you can just ask your favourite LLM about it" and hell no

#csacademia #csresearch #cs #academicchatter #shadowlibrary #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #llm

Can anyone recommend me some (online available ;) ) CS textbook that explains Elias-Fano encoding (and SELECT queries on it specifically) in a readable manner?

The original papers are annoying and my advisor just told me "it's popular enough that you can just ask your favourite LLM about it" and hell no

#csacademia #csresearch #cs #academicchatter #shadowlibrary #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #llm

Anna’s Archive

So, I just discovered Anna’s Archive:

https://annas-archive.li

Anna’s Archive

So, I just discovered Anna’s Archive:

https://annas-archive.li

Shadow library scraped 86 million Spotify tracks for preservation: Anna's Archive distributed 256 million Spotify metadata rows and 86 million audio files totaling 300 terabytes, representing 99.6% of platform listens. https://ppc.land/shadow-library-scraped-86-million-spotify-tracks-for-preservation/ #Spotify #MusicPreservation #DigitalLibrary #DataPreservation #ShadowLibrary

Shadow library scraped 86 million Spotify tracks for preservation: Anna's Archive distributed 256 million Spotify metadata rows and 86 million audio files totaling 300 terabytes, representing 99.6% of platform listens. https://ppc.land/shadow-library-scraped-86-million-spotify-tracks-for-preservation/ #Spotify #MusicPreservation #DigitalLibrary #DataPreservation #ShadowLibrary

Shadow library scraped 86 million Spotify tracks for preservation: Anna's Archive distributed 256 million Spotify metadata rows and 86 million audio files totaling 300 terabytes, representing 99.6% of platform listens. https://ppc.land/shadow-library-scraped-86-million-spotify-tracks-for-preservation/ #Spotify #MusicPreservation #DigitalLibrary #DataPreservation #ShadowLibrary

Tipp für #ShadowLibrary-Interessierte auf dem #39c3 - Stichwort #CUII
Netzsperren werden in Deutschland von großen Industrieunternehmen direkt ins Werk gesetzt. Es gibt da anscheinend keinen Anspruch an Transparenz oder Anfechtbarkeit. Ich weiß nicht, ob dieser Vortrag darauf eingehen wird, aber eine interessante Prämisse dessen ist ja: wer Forschungsergebnisse oder Kulturgüter am Verwertungssystem vorbei aufbewahrt, darf von Verwertern dabei direkt ausgebremst werden.
https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2025/fahrplan/event/cuii-wie-konzerne-heimlich-webseiten-in-deutschland-sperren

Powerful post on the LSE Impact Blog on the important role shadow libraries such as #scihub play in India:

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2025/10/07/banning-sci-hub-highlights-indias-unequal-access-to-knowledge/

#ShadowLibrary

https://torrentfreak.com/publishing-giants-escalate-war-on-shadow-libraries-with-broad-cloudflare-subpoena/

Shadow libraries including Anna’s Archive, Z-Library and Libgen, as well as SLUM a 3rd party service who simply monitors the up-time of the other services, have all been targeted in a Vast broad-scope Cloudflare subpoena.

#CloudFlare #Knowledge #Books #ShadowLibrary #Zlibrary #AnnasArchive

https://torrentfreak.com/publishing-giants-escalate-war-on-shadow-libraries-with-broad-cloudflare-subpoena/

Shadow libraries including Anna’s Archive, Z-Library and Libgen, as well as SLUM a 3rd party service who simply monitors the up-time of the other services, have all been targeted in a Vast broad-scope Cloudflare subpoena.

#CloudFlare #Knowledge #Books #ShadowLibrary #Zlibrary #AnnasArchive

https://torrentfreak.com/publishing-giants-escalate-war-on-shadow-libraries-with-broad-cloudflare-subpoena/

Shadow libraries including Anna’s Archive, Z-Library and Libgen, as well as SLUM a 3rd party service who simply monitors the up-time of the other services, have all been targeted in a Vast broad-scope Cloudflare subpoena.

#CloudFlare #Knowledge #Books #ShadowLibrary #Zlibrary #AnnasArchive

https://torrentfreak.com/publishing-giants-escalate-war-on-shadow-libraries-with-broad-cloudflare-subpoena/

Shadow libraries including Anna’s Archive, Z-Library and Libgen, as well as SLUM a 3rd party service who simply monitors the up-time of the other services, have all been targeted in a Vast broad-scope Cloudflare subpoena.

#CloudFlare #Knowledge #Books #ShadowLibrary #Zlibrary #AnnasArchive

https://torrentfreak.com/publishing-giants-escalate-war-on-shadow-libraries-with-broad-cloudflare-subpoena/

Shadow libraries including Anna’s Archive, Z-Library and Libgen, as well as SLUM a 3rd party service who simply monitors the up-time of the other services, have all been targeted in a Vast broad-scope Cloudflare subpoena.

#CloudFlare #Knowledge #Books #ShadowLibrary #Zlibrary #AnnasArchive

🚀🎩 Oh look, it's a step-by-step guide to building your very own "completely legal" shadow library! Because who needs laws when you have an internet and a dream, right? 🔍📚 Spoiler alert: there’s no AWS for "totally-not-illegal" hobbies. 🙄✨
https://annas-archive.org/blog/how-to-run-a-shadow-library.html #shadowlibrary #internetfreedom #DIYguide #legalgrayarea #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

How to run a shadow library: operations at Anna's Archive (2023)

https://annas-archive.org/blog/how-to-run-a-shadow-library.html

#HackerNews #How #to #run #a #shadow #library #operations #at #Archive #2023 #shadowlibrary #AnnaArchive #digitalrights #knowledgeaccess

39.95€ for a 9 pages long 51 year old computer science paper (Finkel on Quad Trees, 1974).

WHAT A GREAT DEAL.

This is why Alexandra Elbakyan should win a Nobel or a Saviour of Mankind medal or something.

More on that here:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Elbakyan.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_library.

#alexandraelbakyan #elbakyan #sciencepublishing #scihub #shadowlibraries #shadowlibrary

Also on:

• https://kaka.farm/posts/2025/05/28/alexandra-elbakyan-should-win-the-saviour-of-mankind-medal-award.html.
• https://kakafarm.codeberg.page/posts/2025/05/28/alexandra-elbakyan-should-win-the-saviour-of-mankind-medal-award.html.

I found out one of my novels, Quake City, is in the #shadowlibrary Library Genesis and was likely used to train Meta's #AI. Let's talk about this.

#LibGen: You pirated my novel and I would prefer to have been paid, but I'm fine with that. You do great work in making books accessible. Keep it up.

“We cleaned 860K English and 180K Chinese e-books from Anna’s Archive .." #copyright #generative #ai #shadowlibrary #libraries

https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-libraries-are-forbidden-fruit-for-ai-companies-but-at-what-cost-250131/

Pirate Libraries Are Forbidden Fruit for AI Companies. But at What Cost?

https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-libraries-are-forbidden-fruit-for-ai-companies-but-at-what-cost-250131/

#ThelatestnewsonAnna'sArchive #Special301Report #OpinionArticles #shadowlibrary #AI #ai

Anna's Archive, a meta-search engine for book piracy sources and shadow libraries, has announced a significant milestone. It has been secretly scraping WorldCat, the world's largest book metadata database, to further its mission of preserving all available books in the world, even if that means being at odds with copyright law. The dataset obtained from WorldCat includes 1.3 billion unique IDs, and Anna's Archive believes this data will help in its goal to map out all the books in the world and create a list of books that still need preservation. This move has not gone unnoticed, and the site has over 12 million monthly visits. However, it also faces legal risks and has stated its mission is worth the potential consequences.

#AnnasArchive #Archive #Book #Booktodon #Piracy #Zlibrary #WorldCat #ShadowLibrary #OpenSource #Tech #Techbites

Nvidia denies pirate e-book sites are “shadow libraries” to shut down lawsuit - Enlarge (credit: Westend61 | Westend61)

Some of the most infam... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2027205 #librarygenesis #shadowlibrary #annasarchive #bibliotik #z-library #sci-hub #policy #libgen #nvidia #openai

“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers - Enlarge (credit: Maryna Terletska | Moment)

Yesterday, some of... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1968849 #copyrightinfringement #librarygenesis #piratewebsites #shadowlibrary #copyrightlaw #textbooks #e-books #policy #libgen

When BigCos™ want to de-legitimize, demonize and outlaw perfectly normal practices, they coin terms like '#Piracy', '#Jaywalking' and '#ShadowLibrary'. Why can't we have similar sinister-sounding words for their abusive practices? Like '#Mugging' for price gouging, '#MassPlunder' for paywalling public-funded research, '#eStalking' for #DRM, '#iLittering' for manufacturing irreparable gadgets, '#Detention' for locking down devices and '#ePickPocketing' for rent-seeking.

Anna’s Archive Loses .GS Domain Name But Remains Resilient

https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-loses-gs-domain-name-but-remains-resilient-240718/

#TakedownsandSeizures #Anna'sArchive #shadowlibrary #Anti-Piracy #domainname

The critical window of shadow libraries
At Anna’s Archive, we are often asked how we can claim to preserve our collections in perpetuity, when the total size is already approaching 1 Petabyte (1000 TB), and is still growing. In this article we’ll look at our philosophy, and see why the next decade is critical for our mission of preserving humanity’s knowledge and culture.

Yesterday, Anna's Blog dropped one most thought provoking piece on digital archives and the future of preservation. It might change your views on shadow libraries. Go read the whole thing: https://annas-archive.org/blog/critical-window.html
"We have a critical window of about 5-10 years during which it’s 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."
#annasarchive #ShadowLibrary #lis #preservation

Report: Z-Library admins on the lam ahead of US extradition; officials shocked - Enlarge (credit: fcscafeine | iStock / Getty Images Plus)

Two ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2035869 #departmentofjustice #piratee-booksite #shadowlibrary #onlinepiracy #piratesite #argentina #z-library #policy #e-book

Silenzio! ‘Anna’s Archive’ Shadow Library Blocked Following Publishers’ Complaint

https://torrentfreak.com/silenzio-annas-archive-shadow-library-blocked-following-publishers-complaint-240104/

#anna'sarchive #shadowlibrary #SiteBlocking #siteblocking #Anti-Piracy #AGCOM #italy #isp

The Library of Alexandra

"We travel to Kazakhstan to meet the mysterious woman behind it all and to find out what it takes to make everything we know about anything available to anyone anywhere, for free."
https://radiolab.org/podcast/library-alexandra

#SciHub #ShadowLibrary #ShadowLibraries #OpenAccess #elbakyan

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Dear fellow digital-library/-archive enthusiasts, if you haven't heard about Anna's Archive #AnnasArchive yet (it seems they are not connected to the Fediverse yet?), please read the TorrentFreak article (toot below), their own website, their current data science challenge announcement, their English Wikipedia article... Launched almost a year ago, this is some major development in the field of #ShadowLibrary. Also, related to #OCLCworldcat and #LLM.

@TorrentFreak_rss https://burn.capital/@TorrentFreak_rss/111172859466831008

Sci-Hub: Gründerin scheitert vor dem High Court of Delhi https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/rechtssachen/sci-hub-gruenderin-scheitert-vor-dem-high-court-of-delhi-265662.html

#Schattenbibliothek #ShadowLibrary #SciHub

Report: Z-Library admins on the lam ahead of US extradition; officials shocked - Enlarge (credit: fcscafeine | iStock / Getty Images Plus)

Two ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2035869 #departmentofjustice #piratee-booksite #shadowlibrary #onlinepiracy #piratesite #argentina #z-library #policy #e-book

Report: Z-Library admins on the lam ahead of US extradition; officials shocked - Enlarge (credit: fcscafeine | iStock / Getty Images Plus)

Two ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2035869 #departmentofjustice #piratee-booksite #shadowlibrary #onlinepiracy #piratesite #argentina #z-library #policy #e-book

Report: Z-Library admins on the lam ahead of US extradition; officials shocked - Enlarge (credit: fcscafeine | iStock / Getty Images Plus)

Two ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2035869 #departmentofjustice #piratee-booksite #shadowlibrary #onlinepiracy #piratesite #argentina #z-library #policy #e-book

Report: Z-Library admins on the lam ahead of US extradition; officials shocked - Enlarge (credit: fcscafeine | iStock / Getty Images Plus)

Two ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2035869 #departmentofjustice #piratee-booksite #shadowlibrary #onlinepiracy #piratesite #argentina #z-library #policy #e-book

When BigCos™ want to de-legitimize, demonize and outlaw perfectly normal practices, they coin terms like '#Piracy', '#Jaywalking' and '#ShadowLibrary'. Why can't we have similar sinister-sounding words for their abusive practices? Like '#Mugging' for price gouging, '#MassPlunder' for paywalling public-funded research, '#eStalking' for #DRM, '#iLittering' for manufacturing irreparable gadgets, '#Detention' for locking down devices and '#ePickPocketing' for rent-seeking.

When BigCos™ want to de-legitimize, demonize and outlaw perfectly normal practices, they coin terms like '#Piracy', '#Jaywalking' and '#ShadowLibrary'. Why can't we have similar sinister-sounding words for their abusive practices? Like '#Mugging' for price gouging, '#MassPlunder' for paywalling public-funded research, '#eStalking' for #DRM, '#iLittering' for manufacturing irreparable gadgets, '#Detention' for locking down devices and '#ePickPocketing' for rent-seeking.

When BigCos™ want to de-legitimize, demonize and outlaw perfectly normal practices, they coin terms like '#Piracy', '#Jaywalking' and '#ShadowLibrary'. Why can't we have similar sinister-sounding words for their abusive practices? Like '#Mugging' for price gouging, '#MassPlunder' for paywalling public-funded research, '#eStalking' for #DRM, '#iLittering' for manufacturing irreparable gadgets, '#Detention' for locking down devices and '#ePickPocketing' for rent-seeking.