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Oh, the irony! Pirate Bay to Sue Anti-Piracy Group

Juli Monroe — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:00:25 +0000

In another story to make me wonder if April Fool’s is coming early this year, Pirate Bay is going to sue the Finnish group the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) for their anti-piracy campaign that copies the design of Pirate Bay. Not only do they copy the website design, their logo looks like the Pirate Bay [...]

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How to Deter Piracy of E-Books

Juli Monroe — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:15:44 +0000

In my last post, I discussed what I’ve observed to be the three biggest reasons people pirate e-books. Now that we understand the reasons, how do we actually deter piracy of e-books? Let me answer that question for each of the three reasons. 1. I Like To Collect stuff Here’s the bad news: There’s not [...]

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Why Do People Pirate E-Books?

Juli Monroe — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:00:03 +0000

Piracy is an endlessly debated topic. Views on it range from “don’t worry about it too much” to “it has a huge impact on sales.” What is often ignored are the reasons why people pirate and, from there, what publishers could do about it. I’ve hung out in forums with e-book pirates. I’ve read about the [...]

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Over 1M Downloads for Tim Ferriss’ BitTorrent Bundle

Dan Eldridge — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:00:52 +0000

The publishing industry (understandably) made a lot of noise last November when the news broke that self-improvement author Tim Ferriss would be promoting his newest book project, The 4-Hour Chef, on BitTorrent, a site that will probably always be associated with illegal online file-sharing. The promotion—a free, downloadable BitTorrent bundle that includes interviews, candid author photos, the first chapter of [...]

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Public domain and piracy: Once Upon a Time and my epiphany

Chris Meadows — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:15:00 +0000

When I was visiting relatives over the weekend, I had a fairly potent reminder of the enduring power of the public domain—and I finally succumbed to the inevitable realization, that in some cases, piracy is just too much work. On Saturday night of our stay, it turned out we didn’t have time to watch Marvel’s [...]

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More Amazon in the news

Chris Meadows — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:29:43 +0000

I’ve been mostly away from my computer for the last few days, due to an early Thanksgiving visit with family. But I’ve been following the news while I’ve been gone, and there have been a few interesting items concerning Amazon. One is that, in the UK, Philip Jones reports that Amazon had to answer to [...]

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New York Times columnist steals ebook, then pays for it

Dan Eldridge — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:25:46 +0000

This stunt is already experiencing its blowing-up moment on various ebook and lit blogs, so I’ll keep it brief. And to be honest, I can’t quite decide if this story—by New York Times tech columnist David Pogue—is a truly important one, or if it’s little more than a cute trick. Time will tell, I suppose. [...]

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Wiley sues BitTorrent sharers, gives SCOTUS another shot at first sale precedent

Chris Meadows — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:48:22 +0000

TorrentFreak reports that For-Dummies publisher John Wiley & Sons has moved to file suit against several BitTorrent users who allegedly shared its books online. The majority of BitTorrent sharers to whom it sent nastygrams capitulated with $750 settlements, However, four users have not: New York residents Jeff Ng, Ralph Mohr, Robert Carpenter and Xiaoshu Chen [...]

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Download the text of the entire English (or any language) Wikipedia

Paul Biba — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:23:32 +0000

From the Wikimedia Technical Blog (blockquotes omitted): If you’d like to read Wikipedia in an airplane (of the offline variety) or in an area with no or limited connectivity, or install it in a university, or just to have it handy in case of a zombie apocalypse, you can now download a full text copy [...]

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Wiley unmasks file-sharing Dummies, goes forward with suit

Chris Meadows — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:51:13 +0000

PaidContent has an update on the status of “For Dummies” publisher John Wiley’s court cases against individuals accused of illicitly sharing various “For Dummies” books via BitTorrent. The company was able to unmask 46 “John Doe” defendants, 40 of whom were dropped from the case after apparently settling for an undisclosed amount. The publisher is [...]

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BitTorrent Piracy Doesn’t Affect US Box Office Returns, Study Finds

Paul Biba — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:01:50 +0000

From TorrentFreak. More in the article. With their unconditional support for SOPA, PIPA and ACTA, Hollywood is pressing hard for new legislation to curb piracy. The studios want ‘rogue’ websites to be censored and are calling on Google and Internet providers to take responsibility. However, a new study reveals that movie industry itself has the [...]

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Wiley adds more IP addresses to file sharing lawsuit

Chris Meadows — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:32:55 +0000

John Wiley & Sons has expanded its lawsuit against P2P sharers of its books, adding 46 new “John Does”—file sharers identified only by their IP addresses until Wiley can get their ISPs to fork over their actual identities. This list is made up of people who shared Cooking Basics for Dummies and Vegetable Gardening for [...]

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Does the MPAA spend more fighting piracy than it would earn if pirates went legit?

Chris Meadows — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:15:00 +0000

Speaking of content producer paranoia, TorrentFreak conducts an interesting intellectual exercise comparing the number of BitTorrent movie downloaders to the amount of Netflix traffic. Torrentfreak points out that Netflix now consumes more bandwidth than even BitTorrent, and crunches some numbers to find out how much more Hollywood would earn if every single BitTorrent downloader switched [...]

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John Wiley & Sons sues 27 BitTorrent sharers of ‘For Dummies’ books

Chris Meadows — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:22:28 +0000

Suing copyright violators had had such terrific results for the music, movie, and newspaper industries that it’s only natural publishers would step up to take a shot. John Wiley & Sons has filed suit against 27 BitTorrent sharers of its “For Dummies” books. Wiley argues that through the massive piracy that occurs on BitTorrent, their [...]

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Author uses BitTorrent to get her book recognized by readers

Paul Biba — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:22:46 +0000

O’Reilly Radar has an article by Jenn Webb which is an interesting take on marketing: Last week, Megan Lisa Jones launched a promotion for her new book “Captive” in a (seemingly) unlikely forum: BitTorrent, a space commonly associated with “piracy.” At about a week into her two-week promotion, I checked in with BitTorrent to see how it was [...]

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