http://www.technollama.co.uk/libraries-cost-book-industry-billions Not Just Another Technology Law Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:36:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.technollama.co.uk/libraries-cost-book-industry-billions/comment-page-1#comment-15154 Top 6 Book Sharing Sites | Most Popular Books Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:54:22 +0000 http://www.technollama.co.uk/?p=2633#comment-15154 [...] Libraries cost book industry billions | TechnoLlama – Attributor used some of its proprietary software to track 913 titles throughout several book sharing sites, including RapidShare, 4shared, Upload.com, and Scribd. They tracked a total of 3.2 million downloads in 4 websites, … [...] [...] Libraries cost book industry billions | TechnoLlama – Attributor used some of its proprietary software to track 913 titles throughout several book sharing sites, including RapidShare, 4shared, Upload.com, and Scribd. They tracked a total of 3.2 million downloads in 4 websites, … [...]

]]> http://www.technollama.co.uk/libraries-cost-book-industry-billions/comment-page-1#comment-3479 Links 5/3/2010: Elive Stable 2.0 Topaz, Canonical CEO Speaks | Boycott Novell Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:44:31 +0000 http://www.technollama.co.uk/?p=2633#comment-3479 [...] Libraries cost book industry billions Apologies for the sensationalist title, but that is precisely what came to mind when I read an article about how the book industry has lost billions of dollars because of book downloading. Attributor is a company that produces anti-piracy solutions, and they have conducted a study that claims illegal downloading of books has cost American publishers $3 billion USD. I will resist the temptation to comment on the fact that one should not take seriously a report undertaken by a company that has a commercial interest on the result of said study making the case for their products. [...] [...] Libraries cost book industry billions Apologies for the sensationalist title, but that is precisely what came to mind when I read an article about how the book industry has lost billions of dollars because of book downloading. Attributor is a company that produces anti-piracy solutions, and they have conducted a study that claims illegal downloading of books has cost American publishers $3 billion USD. I will resist the temptation to comment on the fact that one should not take seriously a report undertaken by a company that has a commercial interest on the result of said study making the case for their products. [...]

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