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On another note... I found a book of mine (under another name) available on a file share application, and complained. It was taken down immediately, as were those of others who also complained, so sometimes it's worth the effort. On 2 December 2010 10:29, mandrake <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 02/12/2010 10:13, kaostar wrote: > > In USA you can register your title with Library of Congress and they are > supposed to "police" it - > hence works of dadaji are registered (which are in this collection) - but > mainly as a way of preventing publication ie AMOOKOS from reprinting them : > ) such as they are. > But there again the LOC notice stipulates that they are royalty free - > hence no fee is due - so not sure of the point? > > Many of the works listed are public domain, out of print or only available > in expensive reprints. I'm not justifying any of this but the received > wisdom in the trade re Digital Rights Management is to make sure you have > a standard edition in print, or an ebook edition at a reasonable price - > with this in place then these collections make very little difference to > paper book sales and may even increase them. > > Mogg > > PS: several of our own books have been pirated this way over the years, > often with malicious intent, but it takes more time > and energy than anyone has available to make any impact on their > circulation . . . > > > > > > > > > indeed, the seller is located in Lancashire, UK apparently, so come under > UK copyright law- that they mention 'federal law' indicates they are > reselling somethign they have bought from the US > > b*stard > > *---------- Original Message -----------* > From: Alan Pritchard <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:08:04 +0000 > Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] massive copyright theft > > > Total smokescreen - not worth the electrons it is written in! > > > Best wishes > > Alan Pritchard MPhil FCLIP > > Tel: +44 (0)1202 417477 > > > > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Spiro <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >> >> >> > >> > Hi Dave, >> > >> > Strange world it is. I suppose you didn't read to the end where this >> disclosure is included which may have some bearing on it. >> > >> > >> > COPYRIGHT CERTIFICATION >> > I am not breeching or infringing on any copyrights, either I have >> produced the material and own the copyright, or I have full resell rights, >> or the material is in the public domain with no copyright because it was not >> registered or renewed...and as such I am in full accordance with Ebays >> policy. If you faithfully believe you are the rights holder of any of my >> Occult programmes, please provide extensive legal documentation showing your >> ownership. Any lawsuit for copyright infringement needs to be brought about >> by the real parties in interest (the actual copyright holder or assignee), >> not somebody else on their behalf. Without a federally registered copyright >> (which automatically would carry a presumption of validity), the burden of >> proof is on the person bringing the lawsuit to prove that they own a valid >> copyright for the work....And then with discussion with Ebay I will withdraw >> any item in question. The contents of these DVD's are offered for >> informative and educational use. >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* kaostar <[log in to unmask]> >> > *To:* [log in to unmask] >> > *Sent:* Thu, 2 December, 2010 8:41:21 PM >> > *Subject:* [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] massive copyright theft >> > >> > >> > Hi All, this has been drawn to my attention, an ebay sale of pdfs etc of >> books, many of them by yourselves, or people you publish, or by people you >> know- please complain to ebay and we can hopefully get this taken down- and >> please forward to others, thanks >> > Dave >> > The ebay item is here: >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370462019062&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT >> > > > > *------- End of Original Message -------* > > > -- Dr. Janet Goodall Research Fellow Institute of Education University of Warwick http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wie/aboutus/