When Google closed its publisher portal two and a half years ago in response to massive ebook piracy, they said the move was temporary so they could "improve our content management...
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Tag: Google Play Piracy
19 Months Later, and Google Still Hasn’t Reopened Signups in Its Play Books Publishing Portal
It has been nineteen months since Google closed its book publisher portal in Google Play Books, and the larger blogosphere is just beginning to realize that it may never...
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Will Google Ever Reopen Its eBook Publisher Portal?
Earlier today someone made the unsubstantiated declaration that Google had closed its publisher portal "forever". While there is zero evidence to back up that assertion, I fear that it...
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Google’s “Temporary” Shut Down of Its eBook Publisher Portal Approaches the Six-Month Mark
When Google shut down stopped letting anyone sign up to use its book publisher portal earlier this year, they swore that this was a temporary move intended to give Google time...
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Google Ordered to Release eBook Pirate’s Details to Dutch Anti-Piracy Group
A judge in the Netherlands has ordered Google to hand over the account info for the ebook pirate behind the Flâmanca Hollanda account. About three weeks ago Google was sued by the...
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Dutch Anti-Piracy Group Files Suit over Piracy in Google Play Books
Until they were publicly shamed into changing their policy earlier this year, Google used to have a laissez-faire attitude towards piracy in Google Play Books. Now that indifference is...
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Google Play Piracy Takes a Turn for the Bizarre
Over the weekend the NYTimes revealed that Google was taking steps to curb the piracy problem in Google Play Books. Based on what I am hearing from authors, Google hasn't...
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Dutch Publishers Take Credit for Swatting Pirate in Google Play Books
Google hasn't said much about the kudzu-like piracy problem in Google Play Books, or their recent decision to stop letting users register to upload books, but today i can report that someone...
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Google Shutters Its Play Books Publisher Portal in Order to “Improve Its Content Management Capabilities”
Do you know how I've been harping on the rampant commercial piracy in Google Play Books (four posts in the past month)? I think Google finally got the message....
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Google Play Books Rep Throws Up Hands, Tells Dutch Publisher That Nothing Can be Done About Obvious eBook Pirate
Google has a serious problem with piracy in Google Play Books. It lets just about anyone set up ebook shops in Google Play Books, and stock them with pirated ebooks....
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Google Says “Google Play Takes Copyright Seriously”
Earlier this week I broke the news that Google had a rampant piracy problem in Google Play Books, and today Google has finally responded. Far more so than most...
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How to Get Google to Swat eBook Pirates? Public Shaming (Nothing Else Works)
Google has yet to officially respond to Monday's post on the rampant piracy in Google Play Books, but my work is already having a visible effect. On Tuesday I...
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Google Play Books is a Safe Haven for Commercial eBook Piracy
Piracy is endemic to almost every retail site which sells digital content. Some sites such as Amazon routinely (and sometimes aggressively) police their catalog for pirated content, while others have...
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