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lilac_jive · 03-30-2009, 11:25 AM

(I apologize ahead of time if this is a repost, but it looks new).

I guess it was only a matter of time. Scribd is getting sued by J.K. Rowling's publisher as well as Ken Follett's publisher. Article here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...ooks-site.html

According to the article, A World Without End has been up there for 5 months and has been downloaded 500 times. I'm not familiar with the site, but according to the article Scribd only pulls stuff if the publisher takes action. I would expect more of a user-policing system, which would probably be more effective in my opinion. It seems bad practice to me to only pull illegal material when the publisher requests it.

03-30-2009, 11:25 AM	#1
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	Scribd gets DMCA takedown notice (I apologize ahead of time if this is a repost, but it looks new). I guess it was only a matter of time. Scribd is getting sued by J.K. Rowling's publisher as well as Ken Follett's publisher. Article here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...ooks-site.html According to the article, A World Without End has been up there for 5 months and has been downloaded 500 times. I'm not familiar with the site, but according to the article Scribd only pulls stuff if the publisher takes action. I would expect more of a user-policing system, which would probably be more effective in my opinion. It seems bad practice to me to only pull illegal material when the publisher requests it.