Japanese manga publishers sue pirate site, seek $14.2 million in damages Anything that is sought after the most is also the one that… Sovan Mandal3 August 2022No comments2 minute read
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… Sovan Mandal25 July 20227 comments3 minute read
Manga publishers Shueisha and Viz Media go all out against piracy sites Manga is all the rage these days. Much of it has to… Sovan Mandal17 July 20222 comments2 minute read
Japanese big four manga publishers to sue American firm for piracy, again The big four of manga publishers in Japan – Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan,… Sovan Mandal4 February 2022One comment2 minute read
Italy is experiencing a piracy problem with ebooks Piracy in Italy is not as bad as some countries in the… Michael Kozlowski23 January 20204 comments2 minute read
Textbook Publishers file a lawsuit against pirate websites Cengage, Elsevier, Macmillan Learning, McGraw-Hill, and Pearson have just filed a lawsuit… Michael Kozlowski27 November 2019No comments1 minute read
Academic Piracy – Where are we now? In 2018, e-book piracy websites received over 800 million visits; a number… Matthew Jones5 November 201910 comments4 minute read
Last year the ebook piracy industry cost American publishers $300 million Ebook piracy is on the rise and last year in the United… Michael Kozlowski27 July 201966 comments2 minute read
Pirating ebooks is an offence against moral justice There are millions of people who do not buy ebooks or other… Michael Kozlowski15 April 201960 comments4 minute read
E-Book Piracy is declining in Europe A new study conducted by the Institute for Information Law and financed by… Michael Kozlowski5 August 20186 comments1 minute read
E-book publishers fail to remove the Pirate Bay from Google The top digital publishers in the world constantly petition Google to remove… Michael Kozlowski30 July 2018One comment2 minute read
The closure of a prolific pirate manga website is a boon for authors The closure of one of the largest pirated manga websites in Japan… Michael Kozlowski2 July 20184 comments2 minute read
People are starting to pirate Audible Audiobooks Audible has a number of publishing partners and sometimes audiobooks will be… Michael Kozlowski30 June 201812 comments2 minute read
Pirate Websites Received 300 Billion Visits Globally Online piracy is at record highs and they have received 300 billion… Michael Kozlowski25 March 20182 comments1 minute read
If you pirate an ebook you can get 6 years in prison There is a new bill proposal in Sweden that will extend the… Michael Kozlowski23 February 201812 comments1 minute read
Canadian Coalition Wants to Address eBook Piracy A broad coalition of media organizations comprising of Bell, Cineplex, Directors Guild… Michael Kozlowski6 February 2018One comment2 minute read
Dutch Authors Bring Awareness to eBook Piracy with New Short Film The Association of Authors has just made a new short film that… Michael Kozlowski15 January 20182 comments1 minute read
Turns Out Piracy ISN’T Good for Authors…Or Readers In what has to be the winner of the Captain Obvious Award,… Mercy Pilkington7 November 20179 comments2 minute read
e-Book Piracy Suffers a Serious Blow The founder of one of the world’s largest Torrent sites has been… Michael Kozlowski20 July 2016One comment2 minute read
Should Indie Authors Give their Books Away for Free? There are so many national and global debates that rage endlessly–marriage equality,… Mercy Pilkington26 June 2016One comment2 minute read
eBook Piracy Virtually Nonexistent in the UK The vast majority of UK residents have never pirated an e-book. There… Michael Kozlowski26 July 20152 comments1 minute read
Anti-Piracy Outfit Defrauds Rights Owners out of Millions Digital publishers and movie studios often turn to anti-piracy organizations to serve… Michael Kozlowski10 July 2015One comment2 minute read
New 50 Shades of Grey Manuscript Stolen The brand new 50 Shades of Grey title is due out in… Michael Kozlowski10 June 20153 comments2 minute read
