Dutch court orders ISP to block Z-Library and OceanofPDF. A Dutch court has ordered Internet provider KPN to block shadow libraries Z-Library and OceanofPDF. The dynamic blocking order, requested by anti-piracy group BREIN, also covers new domains, proxies, and mirrors. Back in 2024, BREIN already said that it planned to target Z-Library if the site stayed online, and it kept its word. In March 2024, the Rotterdam court added Anna's Archive and Library Genesis to the Dutch pirate site blocklist. The order was a win for anti-piracy group BREIN, but one prominent shadow library was missing. Z-Library wasn't covered, even though BREIN warned in 2022 that it could seek blocking measures if the site recovered from the U.S. crackdown. When Torrentfunk asked about the omission, BREIN explained that it focused on Anna's Archive and LibGen because these were seen as more popular. The anti-piracy group added that it planned to request a Z-Library blockade in the future, if the site stayed online. More than two years later, BREIN has kept its word. KPN must block Z-Library and OceanofPDF. Last Friday, the Rotterdam court ruled in BREIN's favor in its case against Internet provider KPN. The court ordered the ISP to block Z-Library and OceanofPDF, which BREIN describes as the two largest and most popular book piracy sites that weren't blocked yet. The order lists one domain for OceanofPDF, oceanofpdf.com, and five Z-Library domains: z-library.sk, z-library.la, 1lib.sk, z-lib.gd and articles.sk. OceanofPDF According to BREIN, the shadow library sites offer tens of thousands of titles from Dutch rightsholders. These include books, magazines, (academic) journals, sheet music and newspapers. BREIN adds that, when it served the summons, OceanofPDF had more than 200,000 monthly visits from the Netherlands, while Z-Library had over 300,000 Dutch visits per month. BREIN sued KPN under the terms of the site blocking covenant, which it signed with several Dutch Internet providers in October 2021. This agreement requires BREIN to sue the providers in alphabetical order, and this time it was KPN's turn. While KPN was the only targeted ISP, other major Dutch Internet providers have agreed to follow suit under the covenant. These blocking actions are meant to make the shadow libraries much harder to reach in the Netherlands, at least without workarounds. The covenant also required BREIN to try to take the sites offline at the source, before going to court. In July, BREIN asked the site owners, registrars, registries and hosting providers to take action, without result. According to the court, BREIN couldn't be expected to do more. Dynamic order covers future mirrors. The order has a dynamic provision, which allows for blocking actions against future domains, subdomains, proxies and mirrors. This means that if Z-Library or OceanofPDF switch to new domains to evade the blocking measures, BREIN can add these domains without going back to court. KPN previously pushed back against a dynamic order. In 2023, the provider argued that a similar order targeting Lookmovie and Flixtor was too broad, but the court disagreed. This time, KPN didn't put up a defense and left the decision to the judge. Interestingly, Z-Library itself encourages people to run mirrors. Since 2025, users can operate mirror sites on their own domains and, since June, these mirrors can carry custom branding and be password protected. Z-Library's mirror page Password-protected mirrors without any Z-Library branding are not easily detected by rightsholders, which makes them harder to block, also dynamically. BREIN points to libraries. BREIN stresses that readers do not need these shadow libraries as there are plenty of legal options to get books. "There are fantastic legal, user-friendly apps on the market that let consumers read and listen to countless ebooks and audiobooks. You can also borrow ebooks and audiobooks through the library at little cost," BREIN writes. "So there's no reason at all to get books from illegal sources. Illegal services put all the revenue in their own pockets. Nothing reaches the authors and publishers." Whether the dynamic order can keep up with Z-Library's network of user-run mirrors has yet to be seen, but it should make the sites harder to reach for casual visitors. TorrentFreak has seen a copy of the latest blocking ruling issued by the Rotterdam court, but it has not been published publicly yet. BREIN's announcement can be found here. This story was first published by TorrentFreak. Read the original

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