If you’re from the ebooks-promote-piracy school of nonsense, remember that piracy existed way before ebooks, and is alive and well in the world of paper publishing too. In response to my post about being thankful for piracy, Australian author and Bookbee reader Sue Woolfe yesterday told of discovered a pirated copy of her debut novel [...]
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Apple Pulled Pirated App from Mac Store
February 9th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Last week I reported on a pirated app that showed up in the Mac Store. The app in question is called Lugaru, and it was created by Wolfire Games. I have an update for you. Wolfire Games reported last night that the pirated app was no longer listed in the Mac Store, but they still [...]
Pirated app shows up in the Mac Store and Apple don’t care
February 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · app store news
I just came across a blog post by Wolfire Games, an app developer. They recently uploaded their first game to the Mac Store, and much to their surprise a pirated copy was already in the store.
Apple still selling pirated ebooks in Japan?
December 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments · ebookstore news
There’s a story going around today about an open letter to Apple from 4 Japanese publishing industry trade groups. According to the complaint (translated by Google), they are upset by the quantity of pirated material in the Japanese iBookstore as well as the difficulty in getting Apple to remove the pirated content. I almost missed [...]
What I’m Thankful For: That Pirated Copy of My Book
November 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion
A day or so after those in the US finished celebrating Thanksgiving, I had reason to thank my lucky stars for pirates. In particular, the ebook pirate who ripped off my book and posted it on a well-known non-legitimate download site. I’d name the site, but I don’t think that’s the done thing. People can [...]
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