Quote:
Originally Posted by vivaldirules
The three volumes of The Lord of the Rings at PocketGear contain no copyright info and no indication that rights were granted by the publisher for these books which are still in copyright. That is to say, they are pirated ebooks and I'd recommend that you don't buy them. I have contacted PocketGear and the publisher but neither appears to have taken any action yet.
|
Don't hold your breath.
PocketGear is a unit of Motricity, a provider of mobile content solutions. Motricity also used to operate PalmGear and eReader. PalmGear got folded into PocketGear, and in the process dumped all Palm freeware titles, leading to much annoyance among Palm fans. eReader was sold to Fictionwise. PocketGear appears to be on auto-pilot. I doubt anyone there bothered to vet the LoTR ebooks, or had any awareness of copyright concerns. It was a product PocketGear could sell, and get a cut on. PocketGear and PalmGear always struck me as "We eat our own dogfood" examples of the sort of solutions Motricity could offer corporate customers than real attempts to make money in their own right.
Motricity has been having its own problems recently, going through a merger and restructuring and attempting to change its focus.
The publisher might sic a lawyer on them, but I suspect the folks behind PocketGear are preoccupied with other problems.
_______
Dennis