Flibusta () is a

shadow library Shadow libraries (also pirate libraries or black open access) are online repositories of freely available digital media that are normally paywalled, Digital rights management, access-controlled, or otherwise not readily accessible. Shadow librari ...

project mainly for Russian language books. Its collection comprised over 630,000 books. Dissatisfied with the commercialization of Librusec, Russia's main shadow library, the website was established by a group of volunteers in October 2009. The founder and administrator of the site was known as "Stiver", who lived in Germany. The website had been the subject of legal action by Russian publishing houses on several occasions. German police investigated Stiver for two years but took no action against him in 2016. In 2016, the site was blocked in Russia according to a Moscow City Court's ruling. In 2024, Stiver announced the closure of the site soon due to his terminal illness. On October 22, 2024 it was disclosed that Stiver has ended his life on October 20, 2024 through

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Book websites File sharing communities Intellectual property activism Internet properties established in 2009 Russian digital libraries Shadow libraries {{Digital-library-stub