Publishers Seek $19.5M Default Judgment Against Pirate Library WeLib

Major book publishers including Penguin Random House, Elsevier and HarperCollins have asked a New York federal court for a $19.5 million default judgment against pirate library WeLib, seeking $150,000 for each of 130 works. WeLib's anonymous operators never responded to the lawsuit, and a default was entered in August.

• Publishers seek maximum $150,000 per work across 130 titles
• WeLib asks for "donations" of up to $90 a month for faster downloads
• Injunction targets domains welib.org, welib.st and welib-public.org
• Named intermediaries include Cloudflare, Tucows, PIR and two Njalla entities