The world’s largest pirated e-book site Z-Library domain names were seized again, but the dark web site of Z-Library can be accessed normally

Introduction to Z-Library, the popular eBook repository

Z-Library (also known as z-lib, formerly BookFinder) is a shadow library and file-sharing program, one of the largest shadow libraries on the Internet. Z-Library claims to be "the world's largest digital library" on the eBook search page of its website, and "the world's largest repository of scientific articles" on the article search page.

According to Z-Library, it has 11,637,905 books and 84,837,643 articles as of today, which means the site has more than 11 million books and 84 million articles available for free download. As a result, Z-Library attracts a steady user base and millions of monthly visitors, who can download journal articles as well as books of all genres on the site.

Z-Library, an online repository that offers millions of pirated books for free download, is not tolerated by publishers and authors alike, as it allows users to upload their books without regard to copyright and to download books and journals for free. Copyright laws are inherently against shadow libraries, so Z-Library is an illegal site for every country.

Z-library is also known as B-ok.org and Bookfi. as of 2018, the library is integrated with Genesis Library and has mirrors such as 1lib.eu, b-ok.cc, booksc.org, book4you.org, bok.org, bookos-z1.org, booksc.xyz websites. According to the European Commission, the site is operated in mainland China, but the project's creators claim that the servers for the files are located in the United States, Panama, Russia, Germany, Finland, Malaysia, Luxembourg, and other places, storing over 160 terabytes of data in total.

Despite its popularity with Internet users, Z-Library has been hit by several crackdowns

In mid-2015, the Association of British Organization Publishers attempted to impose an Internet Service Provider (ISP) level block on the Z-Library website.

At the end of 2015, the publisher Elsevier obtained the support of the court to ask the registrar of bookfi.org to seize one of the domains of the Z-Library website: bookfi.org.

In 2017, the U.S. Trade Representative's list of notorious markets included three domains under the Z-Library website: bookfi.org, booksc.org, and b-ok.org.

In 2022, the Tis Hazari District Court in India issued an order banning the Z-Library website in India after accusing it of infringing the copyrights of ten books.

In late October 2022, the world's largest social app TikTok blew up after it blocked the #ZLibrary hashtag.

On November 3, 2022, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service seized and took over several domains of the Z-Library website, including z-lib.org, b-ok.org, 3lib.net, b-ok.lat, and booksc.org, with a "seizure alert" notice displayed on the website The "Seizure Alert" notice displayed on the website states, "The domain name has been seized by the United States Postal Inspection Service according to a court order."

Z-Library's Tor service is working fine, and dark websites are accessible as normal

Z-Library's main Dark Web V3 domain name

http://zlibrary24tuxziyiyfr7zd46ytefdqbqd2axkmxm4o5374ptpc52fad.onion

The dark web V3 domain name for Z-Library's user login site

http://bookszlibb74ugqojhzhg2a63w5i2atv5bqarulgczawnbmsb6s6qead.onion
http://loginzlib2vrak5zzpcocc3ouizykn6k5qecgj2tzlnab5wcbqhembyd.onion

Z-Library's dark website currently displays a red alert: "There are some problems with our servers. Service may be temporarily unavailable."