The founder of the online library “Flibusta” has died

He died in Germany, resorting to “assisted suicide,” which is legal in the country.

A message about the death of the founder of the Flibusta online library, known under the pseudonym Stiver, appeared on the project’s website; he died via “assisted suicide.”

“If everything goes according to plan, then tomorrow, Sunday 20.10 I will receive a lethal dose. If I don’t unsubscribe on Monday, it means it worked :) Please then publish this information on Tuesday,” the message says. The Flibusty Twitter account confirmed the information by writing a RIP message, which included a link to the original post about the death.

Physician-assisted suicide is legal in some countries and under certain circumstances, including terminal diagnoses. It is held in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, parts of the USA and parts of Australia.

In September, the founder of the online library announced its closure due to health problems: “I’m in the hospital with an indecent size of glioblastoma. Unfortunately, “Flibusta” apparently ended there, as did I myself. Thanks everyone, it was fun. The servers have been paid for for a few more weeks.” Later it became known that despite the fatal illness of the founder, Flibusta will continue to work. “The servers are paid, the site is supported, we are working in a stable mode,” said the update to the post about the closure of the online library.

Flibusta is based on the idea of ​​free access to books. All materials are available to everyone for free. Roskomnadzor blocked Flibusta due to a court decision in a lawsuit filed by the Eksmo publishing house back in 2015. In 2016, the Moscow City Court decided to permanently block Flibusta.