Library Genesis

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The Library Genesis Project
Open access to academic e-books and articles
languages English
On-line (currently online)
libgen.is
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libgen.io
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Library Genesis or LibGen is a shadow library and search engine for books and scholarly articles . The project grants free access to copyrighted literature on its website, which is otherwise only available online behind payment barriers , and offers it for download . Among other things, Library Genesis obtains PDFs from Elsevier's online database ScienceDirect . The legality of the service, which - like the similar Sci-Hub project - is increasingly exposed to legal disputes, is controversial.

In 2015 the website got into a legal dispute when Elsevier took action against this form of book piracy . The website stated in the proceedings that it was registered in both Russia and Amsterdam , which made it difficult to assess which legislation would apply in the case. The judicial process should take place in the United States .

Access to LibGen is blocked by several Internet service providers on the network in different countries . However, such DNS -based locks are perceived as ineffective, as they can be bypassed, so that access cannot be completely prevented in this way.

In October 2015, a federal district court in New York State ruled that the website should be closed and that the libgen.org domain could no longer be used. However, access was still possible via various alternative domains on the website.

In July 2016, the database contained more than 52 million articles from over 50,000 publications.

In June 2018, a publisher successfully applied for an injunction against Vodafone at the Munich Regional Court. In February 2019, the Munich Higher Regional Court rejected an application filed later by the publisher against another provider because of formalities. In March 2019, based on a lawsuit brought by Elsevier and Springer Nature , the Parisian Tribunal de grande instance ordered that French internet access providers be obliged to block access to Sci-Hub and Library Genesis.

literature

  • Balázs Bodó: Library Genesis in Numbers: Mapping the Underground Flow of Knowledge . In: Joe Karaganis (Ed.): Shadow libraries: Access to educational materials in global higher education . The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA December 12, 2014, pp. 53-79 ( ssrn.com [accessed October 8, 2018]).
  • Guillaume Cabanac: Bibliogifts in LibGen? A study of a text-sharing platform driven by biblioleaks and crowdsourcing . In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology . tape 67 , no. 4 , April 1, 2016, ISSN  2330-1643 , p. 874-884 , doi : 10.1002 / asi.23445 ( wiley.com [accessed November 25, 2017]).
  • Joe Karaganis, Balazs Bodo: Russia is building a new Napster - but for academic research . In: The Washington Post . July 13, 2018 ( washingtonpost.com ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Library Genesis. Retrieved January 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Cabanac, Guillaume: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 67: 874-884 (PDF). April 2015, accessed September 24, 2017 (French).
  3. ↑ a b c d Glance, David: Elsevier acts against research article pirate sites and claims irreparable harm. Retrieved October 5, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Dorothea Strecker: shadow libraries: A crisis symptom of science . In: iRights - Creativity and Copyright in the Digital World . August 11, 2017 ( irights.info [accessed January 4, 2018]).
  5. ^ Mance, Henry: Publishers win landmark case against ebook pirates. In: Financial Times. May 26, 2015, accessed September 24, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Court Orders Shutdown of LIBGEN, Bookfi and Sci hub. In: TorrentFreak. November 2, 2015, accessed September 24, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Pirate research-paper sites play hide-and-seek with publishers. In: Nature News & Comment. Retrieved. Retrieved December 6, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Sci-hub, bookfi and libgen resurface after being shut down. In: TorrentFreak. November 21, 2015, accessed September 24, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Library Genesis: Scientfic Articles. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .
  10. ^ Higher Regional Court Munich, judgment v. 07.02.2019 - 29 U 3889/18 - Citizen Service. Retrieved April 20, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Thomas Stadler: News on the subject of access locks. In: Internet Law. March 18, 2019, accessed April 20, 2019 .
  12. ^ French ISPs Ordered to Block Sci-Hub and LibGen. In: TorrentFreak. March 31, 2019, accessed April 3, 2019 (English, judgment ).