Libgen has been the subject of court-ordered enforcement action in the United Kingdom, but continues to operate.”Į (Mirror sites:, ,, .)Īccording to the report, Ukraine provides a safe haven for piracy sites. It generates revenue through gift card donations.
Information about the registrants and operators of the Bookfi and Libgen family of sites is obscured but Libgen is allegedly based in Russia. “ These sites, and other mirror sites, reportedly make it possible to download-all without permission and without remunerating authors, publishers or researchers-copyrighted books by commercial publishers and university presses scientific, technical and medical journal articles and publications of technological standards. Once downloaded, it allegedly provides unlimited unauthorized access to infringing content.”ī & Libgen.io (Mirror sites:, ,, ,, book4you.or, and )īoth websites allegedly make millions of books available from top publishers without permission, costing publishers huge losses. “ BeeVideo has been downloaded more than 12 million times.
