Belgium Bans Internet Archive’s ‘Open Library’ in Sweeping Site Blocking Order
"The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued an unprecedentedly broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive's Open Library. In addition to ISP blocks, the order also directs search engines, DNS resolvers, advertisers, domain name services, CDNs and hosting companies to take action."
Ernesto Van der Sar explains at https://torrentfreak.com/belgium-bans-internet-archives-open-library-in-sweeping-site-blocking-order/
#copyright #piracy #OpenLibrary #AaronSW
And raise your hand if this all reminds you how much Aaron Swartz is missed. 😭
Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:
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