Lily
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Post by Lily on Jan 19, 2012 13:16:39 GMT -5
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Post by jameskresnik on Feb 5, 2012 16:49:30 GMT -5
There is, I believe, a simpler solution. Why not require an author to submit a valid credit card before she can self-publish her works on the Kindle? If an author, who could still publish under a pen name, were found to have violated someone else's copyright Amazon could charge that card $2,000 and ban her from selling again. Amazon could also run content through one of the many plagiarism detectors that are available--such as Turnitin or iThenticate--before an ebook is put on sale. The author's suggestion is just one (very good) way to attack the problem. It would be simple for Amazon to scan a submission for copies of extended passages and automatically reject anything that fails the test. Unlike other forms of piracy, plagiarizing in a digital format is realitvely easy to detect and interdict. But then again . . . Perhaps, though, Amazon doesn't care if it sells plagiarized works; it benefits from the sale whether it holds back an author's royalties or not.
This profitable neglect will only last as long as the first class-action lawsuit is filed. Hopefully, Amazon's attorneys will figure that out before there is a problem.
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