Writer Sanctum
Writer's Haven => Quill and Feather Pub [Public] => Topic started by: APP on March 07, 2019, 09:34:22 AM
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Interesting article from the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/06/i-can-get-any-novel-i-want-in-30-seconds-can-book-piracy-be-stopped
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I don't normally get my knickers in a knot over these things, but this latest one [EB] is seriously taking the piss. In less than thirty seconds, I downloaded five of my books. No login, no credit card, no email, no nothing.
This is NOT the usual malware site we often see. This is full scale theft. :evil2:
MY books are there. YOUR books are there. MOST books are there.
Something needs to be done about these ****.
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I found all the books from my series and a couple others on a few sites, although registration was required on all of them. One site listed my freebie for 3.99 and then included links to all the distributors where it's free.
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I found all the books from my series and a couple others on a few sites, although registration was required on all of them. One site listed my freebie for 3.99 and then included links to all the distributors where it's free.
This is a specific site, Al. I'm not going to publicly post their name, so I'll PM you.
EDITED TO ADD: I just checked and the site appears to be down now. It was called Ebook Bike.
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Thank you. I have piracy stories. Once I got an email from a reader in China complaining that the bootlegged copy of one of my programming books did not include the companion diskette.
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Thank you. I have piracy stories. Once I got an email from a reader in China complaining that the bootlegged copy of one of my programming books did not include the companion diskette.
*shakes head* Cheeky barstools.
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The ebook bike rep tweeted this:
That said, there is no REASON to be stressed. The process is incredibly simple, "oh no, my book was put on this website and I didn't want it to be" *click DMCA button* *fill out a form in 2 seconds* *poof book gone*
If they come back up, I'll see if I'm on there and click DCMA.
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The ebook bike rep tweeted this:
That said, there is no REASON to be stressed. The process is incredibly simple, "oh no, my book was put on this website and I didn't want it to be" *click DMCA button* *fill out a form in 2 seconds* *poof book gone*
If they come back up, I'll see if I'm on there and click DCMA.
Of course, that wouldn't be necessary if they accepted books only from authors or accredited publishers. Having a DMCA button doesn't excuse them from attempting to avoid copyright infringement. :evil2:
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Tweet from Victoria Strauss (Writer Beware):
https://twitter.com/victoriastrauss/status/1103826395573178370 (https://twitter.com/victoriastrauss/status/1103826395573178370)
Statement from the Authors Guild:
https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/call-to-action-get-google-to-remove-ebook-bike-links-from-search-results/ (https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/call-to-action-get-google-to-remove-ebook-bike-links-from-search-results/)
Aaannd... The site is back up again as of noonish 3-8-19
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Which is why when we get all the kinks worked out of the printing process you will see my ebooks disappear from public sites. On the other hand, you can not stop a determined thief, and who's to say a thief will not order a one of from my ebook handler, clone it and send it everywhere.
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Digital piracy has been a problem since the dawn of the age of digital content. The industry has tried to solve it without much success. It became and remains a huge issue with the pirating of software. If clever programmers can't solve the problem, who can?
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Boosting the signal:
Any authors interested in action against Mr. McCrea and ebook bike should contact Perry Narancic, IP attorney at the law firm LexAnalytica in San Francisco. [email protected].