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Originally Posted by robko
I'm not sure it would be reasonable for them to check every book before it went up, but I do think it would be reasonable for them to flag titles for further verification if they have been removed because they were pirated and are resubmitted (to prevent the above). Not sure if a deposit would have an impact or not. Good idea, but where does the balance between being high enough to discourage the pirates seeking a quick buck and being too onerous for legit publishers to have to put it up. Tough one.
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Google has a system for youtube that can identify pirated videos or copyrighted music. Should not be very hard for them to test each uploaded book for legitimacy. If they had such a system it will also give a kick in the backsides of publishers to digitise older titles and give google rights to scan them. As google cant identify a book as pirated unless it has the original. Although rights for different regions being with different publishers would be another headache for Google.