Librusec () is a
library
A library is a collection of Book, books, and possibly other Document, materials and Media (communication), media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or electron ...
internet
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portal
Portal may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Gaming
* ''Portal'' (series), a series of video games developed by Valve
** ''Portal'' (video game), a 2007 video game, the first in the series
** '' Portal 2'', the 2011 sequel
** '' Portal Stori ...
, the owner of which, Ilja Larin (), lives in
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
. Most of the content is in the
Russian language
Russian is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is ...
, but the collection also has significant material in
Ukrainian,
Belarusian
Belarusian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byelor ...
,
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Culture, language and peoples
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
* ''English'', an Amish ter ...
,
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
,
French
French may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France
** French people, a nation and ethnic group
** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
,
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
and other languages. According to the rules of the library, Librusec calls itself a
pirate
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and valuable goods, or taking hostages. Those who conduct acts of piracy are call ...
library, opposes
copyright
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, ...
laws and claims to operate under the laws of Ecuador. Users are asked to refrain from using it if it is illegal in their countries.
History
Librusec was launched in June 2007 by Ilja Larin. According to the site server statistics, on 13 March 2009 the number of visits per day exceeded 100000.
On July 1, 2009 the creators announced a private
BitTorrent tracker
A BitTorrent tracker is a special type of server that assists in the communication between peers using the BitTorrent protocol.
In peer-to-peer file sharing, a software client on an end-user PC requests a file, and portions of the requested ...
, opened on July 15, 2009.
Librusec became a commercial website on November 26, 2009.
In 2009, the site won the
ROTOR
ROTOR was an elaborate air defence radar system built by the British Government in the early 1950s to counter possible attack by Soviet bombers. To get it operational as quickly as possible, it was initially made up primarily of WWII-era syst ...
prize as a Digital Library.
On 11 November 2012, Librusec's
IP address
An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label such as that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. IP addresses serve two main functions: network interface i ...
was added to the
Russian Internet blacklist
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, making it inaccessible from most
ISPs ISPS may refer to:
* Isoprene synthase
The enzyme isoprene synthase (EC 4.2.3.27) catalysis, catalyzes the chemical reaction
: prenyl pyrophosphate \rightleftharpoons isoprene + diphosphate
This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifical ...
in
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
. According to a leaked copy of the blacklist, the entire website was blocked for a description of marijuana soup in a Russian translation of ''
The Anarchist Cookbook
''The Anarchist Cookbook'', first published in 1971, is a book containing instructions for the manufacture of explosives, rudimentary telecommunications phreaking devices, and related weapons, as well as instructions for the home manufacture o ...
''.
The IP address was unblocked on 13 November after ''The Anarchist Cookbook'' was removed by Librusec administrators.
See also
References
External links
*
Librusec founder Ilja Larin blog
* {{cite web , url=http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2015-08-28-balazs-en.html , title=Pirate libraries: A central and eastern European perspective , work=Eurozine , author=Bodó Balázs , date=August 28, 2015 , accessdate=August 28, 2015
Ecuadorian digital libraries
Internet properties established in 2007
Russian-language websites
Consumer rights activists
Intellectual property activism