Sentences with phrase «pirate websites»

We also will look into how authors share their books on pirate websites in order to gain more exposure.

Yet 92 % of those readers download their books from pirate websites.

One of the best - known eBook pirate websites offers a selection of best - sellers that should not yet even be available to the public.

It is interesting in their report that they never figured out when people lose access to their favorite pirate website, do they turn into buyers, or just find another website.

They could also do more to stifle the income of pirate websites by stopping advertising on illegal sites.

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At the end of May 2015 a UK high court ruled that five of the largest internet providers had to block access to several pirate websites.

While scant research has been done on the effectiveness of watermarking against piracy, it stands to reason that watermarking reduces the chances of an e-book showing up on pirate websites for sharing.

Hitting back: Publishers have asked Google to demote pirate websites to make sure they do not appear at the top of web searches for free eBooks

As I wrote back in August, recent studies conducted by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Information Technology and Information Foundation (ITIF) have demonstrated convincingly that blocking offshore pirate websites works in terms of changing consumer behaviour (i.e. directing consumers away from infringing content to sources of legitimate content) while at the same time not interfering with normal internet operations.

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The agency is also monitoring pirating websites, removing more than 25,000 links to unlicensed works over the last two years, according to Publishing Perspectives.

The other had to do with a pre-installed link to a specific pirate website, that from the outside looked legit, but clearly wasn't.

One of the largest pirate websites in Europe has been shut down by authorities.

One of the most notorious manga pirate websites in Japan drew a whopping 174 million visitors in the month of March, making it the 25th busiest website.

Pirate websites received 300 billion visitors last year and ebooks represent a small, but growing segment.

Bitorrenting certainly has a negative stigma associated with it as well, you only hear the negative stories about pirate websites offering copyrighted works.

One pirate website boasts: «With a Kindle there is pretty much no protection against pirated books.

It's a truism that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and this old adage applies in spades to the phenomenon of pirate websites that allow users to access «free» content.

«Communicating cyber safety is a priority in schools and it is important for educators to understand that inappropriate content proliferates on pirate websites,» Lazar states.

Their first big bust occurred last month when a UK high court ruled that five of the largest internet providers had to block access to several pirate websites.

They have asked Google to demote pirate websites to ensure they do not appear at the top of web searches for consumers looking to find eBooks.

This prevents unauthorized copies being made and distributed to pirate websites.

With no solution in sight to eradicate manga piracy, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said last month that the government will consider more proactive measures, including blocking access to pirate websites.

The number of students who acquired textbooks from a pirate website climbed to 19 % from 11 %.

In June it was mandated that seven pirate websites were to be blocked by the largest internet service providers.

Good e-Reader recently conducted research and after Amazon, most people tend to download all of their e-books from Torrent or pirate websites and forums.

When a book is sold, a digital watermark is added to the file to insure they will not filter to pirate websites and to add accountability for the buyer and seller.

Pirate websites are among the banes of the indie author — and of traditionally - published authors, as well.

Some thrifty readers turn to pirate websites or shady Facebook groups where pirated copies of the book are passed around.

In some cases, readers would link to pirate websites and get free content.

Pirate websites and for profit operations tend to garner the majority of headlines worldwide.

Funny, I generally have the reflex to search for pirate websites; reflex that I got as yours when I was a kid and had no money.

During our research we found that authors are leaking their own ebooks to pirate websites and then capitalizing on the controversy surrounding them.

In 2009 publishing consultant Brian O'Leary looked at sales figures for several books (for the technical books publisher O'Reilly Media) after they had appeared on pirate websites, and found that legal sales actually increased.

Pressure is also being put on internet service providers to shut down pirate websites.

If you are watching a stream on any pirate website, that premise is oviously given, so the question is whether watching a stream can be consired making a copy.