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Originally Posted by Fluribus
"Traditionally published books are stuck: legal restrictions keep you from being able to enjoy and share them. Unglue.it gets them unstuck."
I just hope they're not huffing all that glue.
If I were looking for a scam here, I'd be looking at the crowdfunding side rather than worrying about it being a stealth piracy site.
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It looks to me like unglue.it just wants to be a middle man with a minimum of work and liability. They have some process (that isn't described) for vetting rights holders intended to legally constitute due-diligence, but other than that, it's the owners of the works that provide most of the effort involved. One question in the FAQ struck me as particularly humorous:
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Who is responsible for making sure a rights holder delivers premiums?
The rights holder.
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Looking at the books available, I'm betting that most (if not all) are legitimate