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Originally Posted by JeremyR
This has really disappointed me with e-books. While this stuff always exists, it seems like Amazon doesn't care about cleaning it up.
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Actually, I think they are improving when it comes to taking down stolen books. Not long ago it took weeks to get a pirated ebook removed - in the most recent cases (see
theystolemybook.com for examples) it only took a couple of days. Don't know about the content farming side of things.
To be boringly pragmatic... It's very comforting to be able to blame Amazon, but authors can make a real difference too: they are the ones who know for sure that their work has been pirated. If they stay sharp and act quickly (using Amazon's recommended procedures so that there's no excuse for delay) they may be able to bring about a culture change. Or not. Worth a try, surely?