When people think of countries that have the biggest eBook piracy problem, we often think of China, Russia and Vietnam. According to a new report, one of the most guilty countries of rampant piracy in Europe, is the Netherlands. Dutch research firm GfK. has stated that 10% of digital books in the Netherlands are actually paid for. The bulk of the content out there is pirated … [Read more...] about eBook Piracy a Big Deal in the Netherlands
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HarperCollins Accuses Apple of eBook Piracy
HarperCollins is one of the largest trade publishers in the world and they are not happy with the amount of people pirating their eBooks. This has resulted in them hiring anti-piracy specialises Digimarc to petition google to remove over 1,000 file sharing and websites hosting the files. One of the consequences of this event was hitting Apple with a slew of takedown requests. … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Accuses Apple of eBook Piracy
Adobe Cracks Down on Piracy with New ePub and PDF DRM
Adobe has just pushed out new Digital Rights Management encryption system for their entire line of publishing products. This was designed to make changes to the security of of ePub and PDF Files. Adobe is claiming that the new changes to one of the most popular electronic book formats in the world is the most secure they have ever produced. The new set of DRM for ePub files … [Read more...] about Adobe Cracks Down on Piracy with New ePub and PDF DRM
Judge Throws Out Conspiracy Case Against Amazon, Publishers
At the same time five of the then-Big Six publishers and Apple were sweating under a multi-million dollar lawsuit and investigation for trying to bring down Amazon, three independent bookstores in the US filed a suit alleging the Amazon and the Big Six publishers had created a conspiracy to squeeze out independent booksellers by artificially working the DRM-status of Kindle … [Read more...] about Judge Throws Out Conspiracy Case Against Amazon, Publishers
MUSO Proves to be a Boon to Tackle Online Piracy
Online piracy has proved to be a bane of self-published authors as much as it is for almost any digital content be it music, films, software and so on. fortunately, its not a one sided affair thanks to the efforts of London based company that has launched the new MUSO anti piracy browser plugin that is designed to track down illegal copies of the original work. One of the … [Read more...] about MUSO Proves to be a Boon to Tackle Online Piracy
eBoekhuis and BREIN Anti-Piracy Digital Watermark Dissected
Many European eBook publishers and resellers are forgoing bulky encryption and instead going with watermarks. The vast majority of European readers do not like Adobe Digital Rights Management and other programs that make the transferring of their books overly complicated. Last month eBoekhuis, who is the leading company responsible for digital watermarks, made waves when it … [Read more...] about eBoekhuis and BREIN Anti-Piracy Digital Watermark Dissected
Piracy a Major Threat to Digital Publishing in China
As has been the case anywhere else in the world, publishers in China are waking up to the impact that digital publishing is expected to have in the domestic publishing industry in future. However, publishers fear that the rampant piracy prevalent in the country could cast a pall over the segment. China has already grown to emerge as the second largest ebook market in the … [Read more...] about Piracy a Major Threat to Digital Publishing in China
Dutch eBook Sellers Mandated to Provide Customer Data to Anti-Piracy Agency
The Dutch eBook scene has grown up in the past few years and many companies have embraced the digital watermark. 62% of all digital publishers who produce digital books use this technology, while 24% use conventional DRM. Customers rights are coming under fire with a new agreement reached with anti-piracy group BREIN. The agreement signed last week will affect any publisher … [Read more...] about Dutch eBook Sellers Mandated to Provide Customer Data to Anti-Piracy Agency
The Russian eBook Market Is Hampered by Rampant Piracy
The digital ebook market in Russia is growing according to the Russian Association of Online Publishers. The ebook market has almost doubled over the course of 2012 with $8 million in sales. This is a dramatic increase from the $4.1 million generated in 2011. However, ebooks still represent just 1% of the total Russian book market, which is on par with the digital publishing … [Read more...] about The Russian eBook Market Is Hampered by Rampant Piracy
Barnes & Noble Is Not a Casualty in the War on Piracy
In his recent news article, Good e-Reader Editor-in-Chief Michael Kozlowski expressed the opinion that Barnes & Nobles’ disappointing economic performance has been due, at least in part, to the company’s decision to stop the pirating of Android apps. Barnes & Noble did this by blocking the ability to install apps from “Unknown sources.” As a result, Nook Tablet owners … [Read more...] about Barnes & Noble Is Not a Casualty in the War on Piracy