Z-library 创始人被捕
应美国请求 (https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/two-russian-nationals-charged-running-massive-e-book-piracy-website)，被控运营Z-Library的两名俄国公民11月3日在阿根廷科尔多瓦被捕。美国政府同日查封了Z-library的249个域名。纽约东区法院16日批准公布对他们的控罪，以及查封域名的法庭手令。
两人是Anton Napolskiy（33岁）Valeriia Ermakova（27岁），检方指控他们侵犯版权、串谋实施电信诈骗、串谋洗钱。起诉书显示，电信诈骗的控罪是指Z-library于2021年7月给版权方发送的两封电邮中涉嫌通过作出不实表述谋取财物。
本案由美国司法部网络犯罪处提起，司法部在新闻稿 (https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/two-russian-nationals-charged-running-massive-e-book-piracy-website)中向全美作家协会、英国出版商协会，以及在查封域名时提供协助的NCFTA特别致谢。
俄罗斯驻阿大使馆16日说，阿根廷法院尚未收到美方对他们的引渡请求，大使馆希望法院公正透明审理有关案件。阿根廷与美国间现行的引渡条约是1997年签订 (https://www.congress.gov/treaty-document/105th-congress/18/document-text?overview=closed)，适用于在两国都构成最高刑期一年以上犯罪的情形。
来自https://www.justice.gov/usao-edn ... book-piracy-website
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Two Russian Nationals Charged with Running Massive E-Book Piracy Website
Defendants Operated Z-Library, Which Offered Free Download of Copyrighted Works
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment and a complaint were unsealed charging Russian nationals Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova with criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud and money laundering for operating Z-Library, an online e-book piracy website.The pair was arrested on November 3, 2022 in Cordoba, Argentina at the request of the United States.At the same time, Z-Library’s network of online domains was also taken offline and seized by the U.S. government, pursuant to a court order that was also unsealed today.
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), announced the arrests and charges.
“As alleged, the defendants profited illegally off work they stole, often uploading works within mere hours of publication, and in the process victimized authors, publishers and booksellers,” stated United States Attorney Peace. “This Office is committed to protecting the intellectual property rights that enable creative and artistic expression, and holding individuals accountable for threatening those rights.”
“The defendants are alleged to have operated a website for over a decade whose central purpose was providing stolen intellectual property, in violation of copyright laws.Intellectual property theft crimes deprive their victims of both ingenuity and hard-earned revenue. The FBI is determined to ensure those willing to steal and profit from the creativity of others are stopped and made to face the consequences in the criminal justice system,” stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Driscoll.
As alleged in the indictment and court filings, Z-Library bills itself as “the world’s largest library” and claims to offer more than 11 million e-books for download.Z-Library, which has been active since approximately 2009, offers e-book files in a variety of file formats, stripped of their copyright protections, and encourages users to upload and download titles.Many of the e-books offered by Z-Library are protected intellectual property for which authors hold copyrights and publishers hold exclusive distribution rights, and which Z-Library has no right or license to distribute, and which are available elsewhere only with anti-circumvention measures applied. As such, a central purpose of Z-Library is to allow users to download copyrighted books for free in violation of U.S. law. In addition to its homepage, Z-Library operates as a complex network of approximately 249 interrelated web domains.As part of this action, those domains were taken offline and seized by the U.S. government.
The charges in the indictment are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
The government’s case was initiated by the Office’s Cyber Crime Task Force.Assistant United States Attorney Chand Edwards-Balfour, Alexander Mindlin, Antoinette N. Rangel and Kaitlin Farrell are prosecuting the case.Brian Morris of the Office’s Asset Recovery Section is handling forfeiture matters.
The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs and Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, the FBI’s Legal Attachés abroad and foreign authorities in multiple countries provided critical assistance in this case.In particular, the Office extends its appreciation to the Argentine authorities for their assistance in the capture of Napolsky and Ermakova.
Multiple organizations representing the victim authors and publishers also provided critical assistance in this case.The Office extends its particular appreciation to The Authors Guild in New York and The Publishers Association in London for their assistance.The Office also extends its appreciation to the National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance for its assistance in the domain takedown.
The Defendants:
ANTON NAPOLSKY
Age:33
St. Petersburg, Russia
VALERIIA ERMAKOVA
Age:27
St. Petersburg, Russia
E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 22-CR-525 (NM)
要待在自己的祖国俄罗斯啊 ，我就不信美国人能抓你。 是不是也有受政治影响？ 又是俄国人 BT服务？
怀恋电驴:lol
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