The article doesn't say that Scribd are being sued. Neil Blair is "actioning" the infringing listings which probably just means sending proper DMCA take-down notices.
It would be very interesting if someone did sue them, on the grounds that once their attention has been drawn to the item, even without a proper DMCA take-down notice, they should have removed the items, as the "infringing activity would have been apparent to a reasonable person."
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Originally Posted by lilac_jive
(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. |