<s>
Library	B-Library
Genesis	I-Library
(	O
Libgen	B-Library
)	O
is	O
a	O
file-sharing	O
based	O
shadow	O
library	O
website	O
for	O
scholarly	O
journal	O
articles	O
,	O
academic	O
and	O
general-interest	O
books	O
,	O
images	O
,	O
comics	O
,	O
audiobooks	O
,	O
and	O
magazines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Libgen	B-Library
describes	O
itself	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
links	O
aggregator	O
"	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
searchable	O
database	O
of	O
items	O
"	O
collected	O
from	O
publicly	O
available	O
public	O
Internet	O
resources	O
"	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
files	O
uploaded	O
"	O
from	O
users	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Libgen	B-Library
provides	O
access	O
to	O
copyrighted	O
works	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
PDFs	B-Application
of	O
content	O
from	O
Elsevier	O
's	O
ScienceDirect	O
web-portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Publishers	O
like	O
Elsevier	O
have	O
accused	O
Library	B-Library
Genesis	I-Library
of	O
internet	O
piracy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
assert	O
that	O
academic	O
publishers	O
unfairly	O
benefit	O
from	O
government-funded	O
research	O
,	O
written	O
by	O
researchers	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
whom	O
are	O
employed	O
by	O
public	O
universities	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Libgen	B-Library
is	O
helping	O
to	O
disseminate	O
research	O
that	O
should	O
be	O
freely	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Library	B-Library
Genesis	I-Library
has	O
roots	O
in	O
the	O
illegal	O
underground	O
samizdat	O
culture	O
in	O
the	O
Soviet	O
Union	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
21st	O
century	O
,	O
the	O
efforts	O
became	O
coordinated	O
,	O
and	O
integrated	O
into	O
one	O
massive	O
system	O
known	O
as	O
Library	B-Library
Genesis	I-Library
,	O
or	O
LibGen	B-Library
,	O
around	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Library	B-Library
Genesis	I-Library
claims	O
to	O
have	O
more	O
than	O
2.4million	O
non-fiction	O
books	O
,	O
80million	O
science	O
magazine	O
articles	O
,	O
2million	O
comics	O
files	O
,	O
2.2million	O
fiction	O
books	O
,	O
and	O
0.4	O
million	O
magazine	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
forked	B-Application
under	O
an	O
alternate	O
domain	O
,	O
"	O
libgen.fun	O
"	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
internal	O
conflict	O
within	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
databases	O
are	O
being	O
maintained	O
independently	O
and	O
content	O
differs	O
between	O
libgen.fun	O
and	O
other	O
Libgen	B-Library
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Library	B-Library
Genesis	I-Library
became	O
involved	O
in	O
a	O
legal	O
case	O
with	O
Elsevier	O
,	O
which	O
accused	O
it	O
of	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
and	O
granting	O
free	O
access	O
to	O
articles	O
and	O
books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
District	O
Court	O
for	O
the	O
Southern	O
District	O
of	O
New	O
York	O
ordered	O
Libgen	B-Library
to	O
shut	O
down	O
and	O
to	O
suspend	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
domain	O
name	O
(	O
libgen.org	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
site	O
is	O
accessible	O
through	O
alternate	O
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Libgen	B-Library
is	O
reported	O
to	O
be	O
registered	O
in	O
both	O
Russia	O
and	O
The	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
appropriate	O
jurisdiction	O
for	O
legal	O
action	O
unclear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Libgen	B-Library
is	O
blocked	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
ISPs	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
but	O
such	O
DNS-based	O
blocks	O
are	O
claimed	O
to	O
do	O
little	O
to	O
deter	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
Sci-Hub	B-Application
,	O
which	O
provides	O
free	O
access	O
to	O
millions	O
of	O
research	O
papers	O
and	O
books	O
,	O
relied	O
on	O
LibGen	B-Library
as	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papers	O
requested	O
by	O
users	O
were	O
requested	O
from	O
LibGen	B-Library
and	O
served	O
from	O
there	O
if	O
available	O
,	O
otherwise	O
they	O
were	O
fetched	O
by	O
other	O
means	O
and	O
then	O
stored	O
on	O
LibGen	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
archivists	O
and	O
freedom	O
of	O
information	O
activists	O
launched	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
better	O
seed	O
and	O
host	O
LibGen	B-Library
's	O
data	O
dumps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
launched	O
a	O
peer-to-peer	O
digital	O
library	O
of	O
content	O
on	O
Sci-Hub	B-Application
and	O
Library	B-Library
Genesis	I-Library
using	O
IPFS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
