When you download pirated ebooks from file sharing websites, should the publishers count these as lost sales? Does piracy constitute theft and should people be punished? An in-depth study among 50 Harvard lawyers shows that downloading pirated content is widely tolerated and even supported by some. It is certainly not seen as a form of theft by these legal experts. Based on … [Read more...] about A large number of lawyers think ebook piracy is not theft
Ebook and Audiobook Piracy News
Audiobook and ebook piracy is on the rise in Italy
Digital book and audiobook piracy is running rampant in Italy, with no end in sight. The Publishers Association issued a report that stated that book piracy was estimated at $856.7 million dollars and cost over 5,400 jobs. The estimated impact of acts of piracy in 2021—fewer copies of books sold, fewer downloads of ebooks and audio books were sold, basically 112 million lost … [Read more...] about Audiobook and ebook piracy is on the rise in Italy
Japanese big four manga publishers to sue American firm for piracy, again
The big four of manga publishers in Japan - Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Kadokawa - have dragged the American web infrastructure company Cloudflare to court on charges of hosting servers containing pirated manga, Japan Today reported. The publishers accuse Cloudfare of hosting a server that is powerful enough to support an average monthly viewership of 300 million and … [Read more...] about Japanese big four manga publishers to sue American firm for piracy, again
Manga Piracy Crackdown Goes Global
Starting this April, thirteen countries are coming together with the goal of fighting intellectual-content piracy. The newly formed International Anti-Piracy Organization (IAPO) requires global cooperation; websites holding pirated content often use offshore servers. Big advocates of film, television, music and the streaming industry are also getting on board. The Motion … [Read more...] about Manga Piracy Crackdown Goes Global
Amazon, authors Lee Child & John Grisham and publisher win $7.8 million in damages against eBook pirates
Amazon along with publisher Penguin Random House and several authors of the likes of Lee Child and John Grisham have been awarded damages amounting to $7.8 million against e-book pirates based in Ukraine, TorrentFreak reported. Specifically, charges were framed against Ukrainian nationals Rodion Vynnychenko and Artem Besshapochny who have been accused of selling pirated copies … [Read more...] about Amazon, authors Lee Child & John Grisham and publisher win $7.8 million in damages against eBook pirates
Publishers drag Shopify to court over allegations of selling pirated books
Shopify has found itself at the receiving end of publisher's ire who have accused the e-commerce platform of selling pirated stuff. The publishers - Pearson Education, Inc., Macmillan Learning, Cengage Learning, Inc., Elsevier Inc., and McGraw Hill - have filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for Eastern Virginia and are also seeking damages to the tune of $500 million, The … [Read more...] about Publishers drag Shopify to court over allegations of selling pirated books
Scribd vows to cleanup SlideShare piracy
Linkedin Slideshare is a hotbed of piracy, there are thousands of ebooks available on the platform, in a myriad of formats. The repository for documents has been around for 14 years and so far, Linkedin has been ambivalent to the growing epidemic. Over the next several months, Scribd will be integrating their BookID system into the SlideShare platform to scan all uploads for … [Read more...] about Scribd vows to cleanup SlideShare piracy
Brein is leading the charge against ebook piracy
BREIN is a non-profit, anti-piracy organization that is based on the Netherlands. They have been in business and they have been in business for a very long time. Their focus is primarily on movies and music, but a growing segment has been ebook piracy. In order to file lawsuits and get websites or user groups taking down, they first infiltrate the organizations to get enough … [Read more...] about Brein is leading the charge against ebook piracy
Ebook Piracy is out of Control and the Authors Guild is Mad
The Authors Guild has accused Google of promoting ebook piracy in their search engine results and paid services such as Adwords. Piracy is rewarded with millions of dollars in revenue from the Adsense program. The US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property is looking for options to address online piracy. Earlier this year, it held a hearing to see what could … [Read more...] about Ebook Piracy is out of Control and the Authors Guild is Mad
Japan Passes New Copyright Law to Criminalize Manga Piracy
Japan has just passed a new law that criminalizes manga piracy and also to the websites that link to it. The parliament passed new copyright amendments last Friday that ban the unlicensed downloading of manga, magazines and academic texts from the Internet. The new law will take effect on January 1, 2021. The law revision came as the country saw a rising number of piracy and … [Read more...] about Japan Passes New Copyright Law to Criminalize Manga Piracy