Anna's Archive WorldCat Legal Ruling: Court Orders 2.2TB Data Purge
A federal judge has ruled in the Anna's Archive WorldCat legal ruling, ordering the shadow library to delete 2.2TB of data stolen from OCLC. Read more on the legal impact.
The world's largest shadow library just hit a massive legal wall. A federal judge has issued a default judgment against Anna's Archive, ordering the immediate deletion of its massive library database.
Anna's Archive WorldCat Legal Ruling and the Fate of Stolen Data
According to court documents, OCLC, the nonprofit operator of the WorldCat library catalog, won its case against the shadow library yesterday. The ruling mandates that Anna's Archive must delete all copies of WorldCat data and cease all scraping, storing, or distributing of the information.
OCLC alleged that the platform illegally hacked its systems to siphon 2.2TB of bibliographic data. Since its 2022 launch, Anna's Archive has acted as a meta-search engine for pirated content, recently expanding its reach by scraping Spotify to create a massive 300TB archive of popular music.
The Resilience of Shadow Libraries Under Pressure
Despite losing its .org domain a few weeks ago, the site remains operational via alternative domains. This legal blow, however, marks a significant escalation in how institutional data providers protect their intellectual property against mass scraping operations.
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