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FBI Carries Out Fresh Round of Z-Library Domain Name SeizuresErnesto Van der Sar, 30 May 10:35 AM Z-Library is one of the largest shadow libraries o

FBI Carries Out Fresh Round of Z-Library Domain Name Seizures Ernesto Van der Sar, 30 May 10:35 AM Z-Library is one of the largest shadow libraries on the Internet, hosting millions of books and articles that can be downloaded for free. The site defied all odds over the past two years. It continued to operate despite a full-fledged criminal prosecution by the United States, which resulted in the arrest of two alleged operators in Argentina. According to the latest available information, these two defendants are still fighting their extradition. Meanwhile, the Z-Library service has continued to operate as if nothing ever happened, serving books to millions of people all over the world. FBI Seizes More Domains The feds are not standing idly by and have seized hundreds of domain names belonging to the site. The first wave of seizures took place in November 2022, shortly before the criminal case was made public. Another round followed in the spring, and a third wave came last November. With these seizures, the FBI aims to frustrate Z-Library's operations. Thus far, however, the lib...Read More Activision Wins $14.5m Judgment After EngineOwning Cheat Makers Bailed Out Andy Maxwell, 29 May 08:19 PM In a lawsuit filed at a U.S. district court early January 2022, video game giant Activision targeted German company EngineOwning UG, plus a number of individuals associated with the cheat-making and distribution business. With a flood of similar cases, some filed by competitor Bungie, providing a template, Activision's complaint alleged, among other things, that the defendants trafficked in circumvention devices, in violation of the DMCA's anti-circumvention provision. Warring Parties Come Out Fighting For more than a year, the EngineOwning defendants played to their strengths, characterizing Activision as a fifty billion dollar corporate bully targeting a handful of under-resourced, overseas defendants, with little means of fighting back. Yet fight back they did. After retaining counsel in the United States, defendants including Valentin Rick, Alex Kleeman, Bennet Huch, Leon Frisch, Leon Schlender, Leonard Bugla, Marc-Alexander Richts, Pascal Claβen, and Remo Löffler, filed a moti...Read More Are you looking for a VPN service? TorrentFreak sponsor NordVPN has some excellent offers. ©2024 TorrentFreak | Office 21338 PO Box 4336 Manchester, North West M61 0BW United Kingdom Web Version   Preferences   Forward   Unsubscribe     Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company