Technology,
Intellectual Property
Jun. 16, 2025
Why AI's use of shadow libraries should alarm us all
For $100,000 in crypto, Anna's Archive is offering AI companies high-speed access to 140 million pirated books and articles--fueling a digital gold rush where copyright law is ignored, piracy is rebranded as "fair use," and the stakes for authors, courts, and the creative economy have never been higher.
Maxwell V. Pritt
Partner
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
Max is an administrative partner of the firm's San Francisco office.
For $100,000--payable in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency--notorious "shadow library" Anna's Archive will sell you premier access to over 140 million pirated books and articles. At least 30 companies have already taken up Anna's Archive on its offer of "high-speed access" to copy-pirated works. While their identities are secret, "most are LLM companies" that have spent the last few years collecting and cre...
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