In an indictment unsealed recently, 2 A Russian is facing criminal charges in the United States for running an e-book piracy website. According to court documents, The U. S. Department of Justice sued Anton．Naposki (Anton Napolsky) And Valeria．Ermakova (Valeria Ermakova) For running a pirate website Z-Library Suspected of copyright infringement, Wireless fraud and money laundering. At the request of the competent authorities of the United States, Two people in 11 month 3 He was arrested in Cordoba, Argentina.

Just the other day, The U. S. Department of Justice seized and blocked highly visited Z-Library Domain name of a website. Z-Library Since the 2009 Start operation in 2000, Advertise oneself as "The largest library in the world" , And claims to offer free e-books in a variety of file formats, outnumber 1100 Ten thousand books. The court documents say the contents were composed of 249 It's made up of interconnected web domains "Complex network" provide. The site is particularly popular among college students, Many people use the site to access expensive textbooks, It is therefore disappointed with the closure of the site. There are all kinds of books on this website, From textbooks to business books, To self-published books.

U. S. Attorney for the District of New York Brien．Pease (Breon Peace) Said the statement: "According to the charge, The defendants profited illegally from the works they stole, They often post their work online within hours of publication, And in the process make the author, Publishers and booksellers suffer. The U. S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York is committed to protecting the intellectual property rights that enable creative and artistic expression, And hold accountable individuals who threaten those rights. " Writers Guild of America (Authors Guild) In a statement, senior members of the company welcomed the arrests and charges.

Authors Guild of America CEO Mary．Rasenberg (Mary Rasenberger) Said in a statement: "Arrest and prosecution Z-Library Is one of the biggest breakthroughs yet in the fight against online piracy. " She thanked the U. S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York and the FBI for shutting down the site and arresting the person in charge.

Mr Rasenberg said: "While we are encouraged by the removal of books and the reduction of harm to authors, But we still sympathize with college students and other students who feel pressured to turn to illegal pirated websites and other free textbooks, They may feel they have to turn to these illegal piracy sites and other sources of free textbooks, To help them cope with the high cost of higher education. however, The students' anger is misguided. The high cost of education should not be borne by authors and publishers, It should be borne by the university, Should not be used to justify textbooks' reliance on foreign criminals, Nor should it be used to dismiss Z-Library Tremendous personal and financial harm to authors struggling to make a living in an increasingly difficult and adverse economic environment. "

(Compiled from www. publishersweekly. com)

Reprinted from China Intellectual Property Network   translation: Rason group　proofread: Liu Peng

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