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Amazon Exclusivity Clause causing issues for authors who are pirated

Countless first-time, indie, and previously published authors have the ability to easily…

Amazon removing titles from Kindle Unlimited due to ebook piracy issues

If e-books getting pirated, sometimes within just hours of those getting listed…

Shopify settles with publishers for textbook and ebook piracy lawsuit

Shopify was sued last year by a number of educational publishers who…

Google has removed 6 billion links from its search results for copyright infringement

Google announced the total number of pirated links it has removed from…

Major ebook piracy site blocked in France and India

Z-Library has over 11.2 million eBooks and almost 85 million articles available…

Amazon wins lawsuit against ebook price fixing

Amazon and five of the major publishers have just won a lawsuit…

Judge recommends dropping lawsuit against Amazon and Publishers for price fixing ebooks

A class action lawsuit was brought to a southern district of New…

Japanese manga publishers sue pirate site, seek $14.2 million in damages

Anything that is sought after the most is also the one that…

New research claims piracy can reduce poverty. Does this point to ethical piracy?

Piracy is widely seen as something illegitimate, something that is not to…

Manga publishers Shueisha and Viz Media go all out against piracy sites

Manga is all the rage these days. Much of it has to…

A large number of lawyers think ebook piracy is not theft

When you download pirated ebooks from file sharing websites, should the publishers…

Audiobook and ebook piracy is on the rise in Italy

Digital book and audiobook piracy is running rampant in Italy, with no…

Japanese big four manga publishers to sue American firm for piracy, again

The big four of manga publishers in Japan – Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan,…

Manga Piracy Crackdown Goes Global

Starting this April, thirteen countries are coming together with the goal of…

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…

Publishers drag Shopify to court over allegations of selling pirated books

Shopify has found itself at the receiving end of publisher’s ire who…