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
Ebook and Audiobook Piracy News
Canadian Students are Being Extorted for Pirating e-Books
Students all over the world are pirating digital textbooks, e-books, music and videos. This is nothing new, but Canadian students are now being threatened with losing their scholarships or even being deported if they don't pay a fine. The University of Manitoba recently issued a report warning students about overly aggressive American rights holders that sending students … [Read more...] about Canadian Students are Being Extorted for Pirating e-Books
e-Book Piracy Suffers a Serious Blow
The founder of one of the world's largest Torrent sites has been arrested and it looks like only a matter of time before KickassTorrents is shuttered. This is a serious blow against people who pirate e-books. “Vaulin is charged with running today’s most visited illegal file-sharing website, responsible for unlawfully distributing well over $1 billion of copyrighted … [Read more...] about e-Book Piracy Suffers a Serious Blow
Ebook Piracy Still Plaguing Authors
It started out not-so-innocently enough with a now-deleted, vapid Facebook post from Hillary Ganzeel: "Anyone know of (pirate sites) places to get free ebooks?!" It was followed by a series of monkey emoticons, for some reason. As is to be expected, the backlash was swift and ugly from both sides. Authors rallied behind the notion that they deserve respect and the concept … [Read more...] about Ebook Piracy Still Plaguing Authors
The UK is launching a big anti-piracy campaign
The United Kingdom is about to launch a huge anti-piracy campaign that will be on television this week. The campaign is called "Get it Right from a Genuine Site" and the purpose is try and sway public opinion to support the creative arts and not pirate content. This is the first time that authors have received the support of the government as well as trade unions, retailers … [Read more...] about The UK is launching a big anti-piracy campaign
Major Publishers take e-book pirating seriously
Major publishers have begun to take e-book piracy very seriously, according to a new Google Transparency Report. In the past month, copyright owners filed requests for more than 65 million URLs to be removed from search results due to copyright infringement. That’s more than 15 million requests per week, up from around 200,000 requests per week when Google started disclosing … [Read more...] about Major Publishers take e-book pirating seriously
eBook Piracy Virtually Nonexistent in the UK
The vast majority of UK residents have never pirated an e-book. There are so many options now available to legitimately pay or download for free from the public library or websites such as Project Gutenberg. The Intellectual Property Office conducted a three month study into the extent of online copyright infringement in the UK. It found that 1% of UK internet users aged 12 … [Read more...] about eBook Piracy Virtually Nonexistent in the UK
Anti-Piracy Outfit Defrauds Rights Owners out of Millions
Digital publishers and movie studios often turn to anti-piracy organizations to serve cease and desist letters or even take people to court to collect royalties. Who policies the anti-piracy companies to insure that they are reporting all of the revenue they attain through lawsuits and collection efforts? Over a decade ago the Danish entertainment and publishing industry … [Read more...] about Anti-Piracy Outfit Defrauds Rights Owners out of Millions
Australia Passes New Law to Stem the Tide of e-Book Piracy
Australia has just passed a new law that would require internet service providers to block websites that show pirated material, such as e-books. The websites are not up to the internet companies, instead publishers and rights holders have to make a case to the Federal government and demand sites whose "primary purpose" is the illegal sharing of copyrighted material be … [Read more...] about Australia Passes New Law to Stem the Tide of e-Book Piracy
Podcast: e-Book Piracy and Nook Decline
In this edition of the Good e-Reader Radio Show you will understand e-book piracy, the moral choices we make when engaging in it and how sometimes its done for profit. Additionally, why did Barnes and Noble go from making $910 million a year on Nook to an estimated $150 million in 2015? Get a sense on the key moments in history where they went wrong and started to drive users … [Read more...] about Podcast: e-Book Piracy and Nook Decline