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the gateway providers IPFS, Pinata Technologies and Cloudflare
This list of “gateway providers” is inaccurate. IPFS is the network/protocol itself, not a provider, and the complaint identified the gateway companies as Cloudflare, Protocol Labs (IPFS.io), and Pinata.
Full reasoning
The LibGen complaint distinguishes IPFS from the companies that operate IPFS gateways. In the complaint, plaintiffs say users can download files through IPFS gateways, and then specify that the “current IPFS gateway companies include Cloudflare, Protocol Labs (which operates IPFS.io), and Pinata.”
That means the article’s phrasing is wrong in two ways:
- IPFS is not a gateway provider; it is the InterPlanetary File System, a protocol/network.
- The complaint’s list of gateway companies included Protocol Labs, not “IPFS” as if it were a company.
So the article misstates which entities were identified as gateway providers.
2 sources
- Cengage Learning, Inc. et al. v. Does 1–50 d/b/a Library Genesis — Complaint (S.D.N.Y., filed Sept. 14, 2023)
The complaint says users can download files through “Interplanetary File Sharing (“IPFS”) gateways” and later states: “The current IPFS gateway companies include Cloudflare, Protocol Labs (which operates IPFS.io), and Pinata.”
- IPFS Docs — What is IPFS?
IPFS is described as a distributed system / protocol for storing and accessing files, websites, applications, and data — not as a gateway provider company.
On September 26, 2024, a US judge ordered LibGen to pay the publishers US$30 million
The $30 million default judgment was entered on September 24, 2024, not September 26, 2024.
Full reasoning
The court’s default-judgment order in the publishers’ LibGen case is captioned “Document 36 Filed 09/24/24” and awards $30,000,000.00 in statutory damages. Copyright Alliance’s summary of the ruling likewise says the Southern District of New York granted default judgment on September 24, 2024.
So the article gets the date wrong: the $30 million order was entered on September 24, 2024, not September 26.
2 sources
- Default Judgment, Permanent Injunction, and Post-Judgment Relief Order in Cengage Learning, Inc. et al. v. Does 1–50 d/b/a Library Genesis
The order is labeled “Case 1:23-cv-08136-CM Document 36 Filed 09/24/24” and awards statutory damages “for a total of $30,000,000.00.”
- District Court Grants Default Judgment Against LibGen and Enters Permanent Injunction
“On September 24, the Southern District of New York granted a default judgment against pirate website Library Genesis (‘LibGen’) ... The judge granted $30 million in statutory damages.”