I knew about library genesis by 2012. It was at least 10 TiB large by then, IIRC...

		edgineer 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5B to settle lawsuit wi... I knew about library genesis by 2012. It was at least 10 TiB large by then, IIRC. With the amount of Russian language content I got the impression it was more popular in that sphere, but an impressive collection for anyone and not especially secret.

To be fair, he might have been rather preoccupied at that time.