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Originally Posted by MaggieScratch
I wonder if Amazon will tighten up the upload process in the face of these issues. Then people won't be able to buy the books in the first place, which means they won't have to take them off anyone's readers. Everybody wins.  |
I think the lax guidelines are the major cause of this. I'm certain it would not be too difficult to have a database in place that checks the book name/author to a list of PD books, as well as popular non-PD books to verify whether or not this upload is legal.
And in the event that they can't have a database for everything, at least have 'knowledgeable experts' who monitor the uploads and can flag the books they deem questionable.
A flagged book is still uploaded, but is unable to be purchased until the flag is removed. A little research can verify whether the flag should be removed or the book deleted from the library.
How many experts do you think there'd need to be to monitor the uploads? Does this idea even have merit?