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Old 11-29-2012, 10:30 AM   #1
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Can this be legal?

Whilst searching the net for an ebook subscription service available service and stumbled upon this website [deleted]. It doesn't look legit but I can't help wondering why it hasn't been taken down. What do you guys reckon?

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Old 11-29-2012, 10:33 AM   #2
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Definitely not legit. I've deleted the link.
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For those who can't be bothered to trawl the website, it basically offers 1 or 2 ebooks a month from the WHS bestsellers chart or their library for a fee of £12.50 or £18.50 a year. It claims that these are genuine copies and not pirated. You can also by a trial membership from ebay for £6 for 4 ebooks.
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Definitely not legit. I've deleted the link.
I didn't think so, how is it that it's still active and not been shut down? Is there someone you complain to?
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Now why would anyone want to pay for pirated versions of e-books ? The url might as well be deleted. Nobody needs such a website.
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.. how is it that it's still active and not been shut down?
It could be a small time operation and not on the publishers radar. It most likely is hosted in a foreign country and could take some legal wrangling to get a judge to order a take down.
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