A broad coalition of media organizations comprising of Bell, Cineplex, Directors Guild of Canada, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, Movie Theatre Association of Canada, and Rogers Media has formed a new organization called FairPlay, which seeks to address rampant piracy in Canada. They want to lobby for new rules with the CRTC to form a national blocklist that will mandate … [Read more...] about Canadian Coalition Wants to Address eBook Piracy
Ebook and Audiobook Piracy News
Dutch Authors Bring Awareness to eBook Piracy with New Short Film
The Association of Authors has just made a new short film that uses a number of popular Dutch authors to bring awareness to ebook piracy. Arthur Japin, Alma Mathijsen, Francine Oomen, Ernest van der Kwast and Jessica Durlacher, steal an ice cream, a newspaper, a bottle of wine and a dog. Piracy in the Netherlands is a big deal. Dutch research firm GfK. has stated that 10% … [Read more...] about Dutch Authors Bring Awareness to eBook Piracy with New Short Film
Turns Out Piracy ISN’T Good for Authors…Or Readers
In what has to be the winner of the Captain Obvious Award, new voices are speaking out against rampant ebook piracy. Now, it's not as though anyone doesn't understand that piracy of copyrighted content is theft. In fact, that has been openly acknowledged for quite some time. No, in a shocking turn of events, authors have been told that piracy is not only a sign that they're … [Read more...] about Turns Out Piracy ISN’T Good for Authors…Or Readers
People who Pirate eBooks Do Not Buy Them
There are millions of pirated ebooks online and many publishers have begun to go after the pirates and either shut them down or block access to websites via an ISP. New research suggests that this might be futile, removing ebooks online does not influence sales. That is it say, pirates are not suddenly buying the book from an online retailer such as Amazon or Kobo. Three … [Read more...] about People who Pirate eBooks Do Not Buy Them
Australia Blocks Dozens of Pirate eBook Websites
Authorities in Australia have ordered internet service providers to block over 50 different piracy websites. These companies have 15 days to comply and it will be a blow to people who are downloading digital comics, ebooks, magazines and newspapers for free. Graham Burke, Village Roadshow's co-CEO and the head honcho of anti-piracy group Creative Content Australia … [Read more...] about Australia Blocks Dozens of Pirate eBook Websites
One of the Largest Pirate eBook Sites in Europe has been Shutdown
One of the largest pirate websites in Europe has been shut down by authorities. Lul.to has been raided and over 200,000 audiobooks, ebooks and digital newspapers have been seized by the police. According to the General Prosecutor’s Office, searches in several locations led to the discovery of around €55,000 in bitcoin, €100,000 in bank deposits, €10,000 in cash, plus a … [Read more...] about One of the Largest Pirate eBook Sites in Europe has been Shutdown
You would be surprised who pirates eBooks the most
The amount of pirated e-books that are publicly available on Torrent sites or forum have increased in recent years. It is estimated that pirated content costs the publishing industry over $315 million dollars in 2016. In the past, digital publishers have turned a blind eye to piracy because most of them still think people are scanning books manually and posting the PDF file. … [Read more...] about You would be surprised who pirates eBooks the most
Your ISP will no longer send you warnings when pirating e-books
If you tend to download hundreds of e-books every year there used to be the ghostly spectre of cease and desist letters from your internet service provider. In the past, letters were sent out when a publisher noticed you were downloading illegal content and were primarily used as scare tactics. The Copy Alert System is now officially discontinued because it is unable to handle … [Read more...] about Your ISP will no longer send you warnings when pirating e-books
DMCA Takedown Requests Set a New Record
The publishing industry outsources their anti-piracy efforts to 3rd parties such as Rightscorp. They target file sharing websites, forums and blogs that give audiobooks and e-books away for free. Google has just reported that they processes 24 million links to "pirate" pages per week, which is more than double the amount it received around the same time last year. Five … [Read more...] about DMCA Takedown Requests Set a New Record
Elsevier wants CloudFlare to give up Digital Textbook Pirates
Elsevier is one of the largest academic publishers in the world and they are locked in a battle against piracy. The company has found that hundreds of thousands of digital textbooks are found on sites like Sci-Hub, Libgen and Bookfi. Elsevier views these sites as a major threat to its business model and last year it filed a complaint at a New York District Court, accusing the … [Read more...] about Elsevier wants CloudFlare to give up Digital Textbook Pirates