Publications

Anna’s Archive is a meta-search engine for shadow libraries that allows users to find pirated books and other related sources. The site launched in the fall of 2022, just days after Z-Library was targeted in a U.S. criminal crackdown, to ensure con...

During the early hours of Saturday morning, US forces bombed Venezuela and kidnapped its president, Nicolás Maduro. This was a clear breach of international law, violating the terms of the UN charter which prohibit interference in and the use of forc...

In the summer of 2015, the then 29-year-old Priyank Pardeshi was arrested by the police in Pune, a large city in western India. The authorities and rightsholders saw Priyank as a kingpin in the local piracy scene, and these allegations were widely re...

In Belgium, the Department for Combating Online Infringement is responsible for overseeing the local pirate site blocking efforts. The department reviews injunctions from the Business Court in Brussels and translates these into concrete blockade impl...

As the most prolific copyright litigant in the United States for several years in a row, Strike 3 Holdings has a name to keep up. The porn producer is known for filing lawsuits against alleged pirates who download their ‘Milfy,’ ‘Tushy,’ and ‘Vixen...

Our Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) guides, which provide practical advice and explainers for how to deal with government and corporate surveillance, had a big year. We published several large updates to existing guides and released three all new gui...

2025 was the year age verification went from a fringe policy experiment to a sweeping reality across the United States. Half of the U.S. now mandates age verification for accessing adult content or social media platforms. Nine states saw their laws t...

For writers and readers, news often comes and goes, with major headlines swiftly fading into the background. Therefore, it can be a good idea to stop and reflect now and then. After covering piracy news and copyright challenges for more than two deca...

Lawmakers in at least a dozen states believe that they can pass laws blocking young people from social media or require them to get their parents’ permission before logging on. Fortunately, nearly every trial court to review these laws has ruled tha...

In the name of 'protecting kids online,' Congress pushed forward legislation this year that could have severely undermined our privacy and stifled free speech. These bills would have mandated invasive age-verification checks for everyone online—adult...