Public Service Announcement: Ebay Seller Pirating Ebooks: You Can Help To Stop Him…
Sunday, July 12, 2009Posted in: arseholes abound, E-book piracy
So, this arsehole is actually selling pirated ebooks on Ebay.
Amongst his ill-gotten wares, are books by Terry Pratchett and Dean Koontz, as well as a disc with 550 erotic romance books:
these 550 ebooks are in LRF for the sony reader
can be supplied in PDF for adobe
publishers include such names as :-
CHANGLING , ELLORAS CAVE , LOOSE ID.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:-
ALEXIS FLEMING
ALICE ORR
ALICE GAINES
ANASTASIA BLACK
J W MCKENNA
JADE BLACK
ASHLYN CHASE
JEIGH LYNN
RAINE WEAVER
RUBY STORM
SAHARA KELLY
TARA NINA
TIELLLE ST CLARE
TITANIA LADLEY
VIVI ANNA
Cheeky little bastard.
Anyway, apparently the powers that be at Ebay aren’t all that interested in doing something about it, but if enough of us pick some of his listings and file a complaint, they may step in and do something.
Anybody can report an illegal listing and copyright violations are illegal.
What you need to do is:
Scroll down to the bottom of the list and click on report listing.
From there, there’s a drop down menu asking reason for report.
Click on “counterfeits and copyright violations”.You then get another drop down box, and you need to click on “other potential infringement”
Then another drop down box, “offering to electronically send or receive copyrighted materials”
(He’s obviously burning the discs, so it’s applicable.)Then a brief descrption box comes up and all you have to do is mention that he’s selling copyrighted material without authorization
I realise some people wont give a crap about what this seller is doing, but if enough of those people who do give a crap, lodged a complaint, then the Ebay peeps might have to take action.
I just don’t understand how Ebay can allow somebody to blatantly sell pirated e-books on their site. This dickwad has a disc with 49 Terry Pratchett books that he’s selling for $9.71, for crap’s sake. It’s just so wrong.
Freaking arsehole.
(Please post on your respective blogs to help spread the word)
Diana Castilleja
July 12
2:16 am
Man, that makes me mad! I reported him. I’m not thrilled to post that he’s there though–Don’t want to send him business. But I will share your post with people I trust.
veinglory
July 12
2:42 am
I flagged a few of his listings and re-blogged.
Edie
July 12
3:05 am
Reported them, under both selling and buying ID. People like this peeve me off no end!
And will get some Aussie booksellers to do the same..
Emmy
July 12
4:54 am
Going to plagiarize and repost this on my blog.
Anyone know why eBay allows stuff like this? Was looking up a book the other day and saw over 400 ARCs up for auction from pretty much every genre.
Edie
July 12
5:05 am
They argue that they do not have the staff to police the site, and basically leave it up to the community to do the policing.
But then getting them to act on those reports.. can be fun… sigh
Amarinda Jones
July 12
9:43 am
Okay – I put a report in on this little prick.
Delilah Marvelle
July 12
1:31 pm
Unbelievable. I guess because none of these people are getting slapped (they do for illegal music download but not books) people will keep doing it openly, flauntingly.
Grrrr…. I’m off to report him.
KMont
July 12
2:33 pm
I went to do the routine to report his listings, but it seems all your efforts have already paid off. I didn’t click on all of them, but did on most and apparently the listings are no longer working.
Going back to the link just now showed that there were NO listings at all. So good job, everyone.
Karen Scott
July 12
3:17 pm
Good work guys, his listings no longer appear on the site, yay! Mind you, he’ll probably turn up under a different name, but whatever, he’s not selling those ebooks anymore.
SheilaMonique
July 12
4:02 pm
I have reported this person also…I think it’s BS that they are able to sell these.
Mireya
July 12
4:08 pm
That person has sold quite a bit of pirated ebooks, just check the feedback.
El Padron
July 12
4:35 pm
Hi Again,
This is all far too complicated for me !
I’ve just returned from a day out in the sunshine watching the English cricket team getting hammered by Australia – great amusement if you’re Welsh of course !
(Not so funny if you’re English I guess).
Best Wishes To You All,
M xx
alisha rai
July 12
4:35 pm
I love that out of all of the hundreds of ebook cds he has sold, only ONE person lodged a negative complaint that they were scanned books.
Surely the buyers don’t think this is legit? Sad.
Karen Scott
July 12
4:45 pm
Yep, I saw that, and not only that, but he’s burning the same ebooks over and over again methinks. He’s creating copies of his copies. Thieving bastard.
I’m pretty sure these people don’t give a shit whether the ebooks are illegal or not. Pretty sure they just want a ‘bargain’. Which is what 550 ER books for under $10 would represent.
It’s all very embarrassing. Although they’re still hanging in there by the skin of their teeth.
Elaine
July 12
4:56 pm
I would have done something, but he either took down the listing or it sold, as he has nothing up for sale any longer. Sorry.
Karen Scott
July 12
4:59 pm
He Elaine, don’t apologise, he had tons of ebooks up for sale, and since we started lodging the complaints, his listings have been taken down, so I think the peeps at Ebay took his page down, which is a result for us methinks.
Mary Winter
July 12
5:43 pm
I’m afraid for ebay this is par for the course, but yes, the listings are gone. I bought new HC D&D books. The seller offered me three CDs worth of D&D books afterwards. I reported him to Wizards of the Coast, Ebay, and one of the other smaller publishers. Only the smaller publisher replied and thanked me for the report. Ebay is becoming a well-known haven for scammers and thieves.
El Padron
July 12
5:52 pm
OK – so I left the ground too early : England battled it out for a draw and a Welsh crowd cheered them on for a change which makes me feel quite proud to be an English/Welsh mongrel !
They’ll be toasting Monty Panesar from Llandindod Wells to Abertillery tonight (and I bet most of your readers are wondering where on earth they are).
Cymru am Beth as they say around here,
Hugs n Stuff,
M xx
El Padron
July 12
5:55 pm
OK – so I left the ground too early : England battled it out for a draw and a Welsh crowd cheered them on for a change which makes me feel quite proud to be an English/Welsh mongrel !
They’ll be toasting Monty Panesar from Llandindod Wells to Abertillery tonight (and I bet most of your readers are wondering where on earth they are).
Cymru am Beth as they say around here,
It’s taking ages to load this comment and I can’t figure out why ……
Hugs n Stuff,
M xx
Amarinda Jones
July 12
6:41 pm
“I’ve just returned from a day out in the sunshine watching the English cricket team getting hammered by Australia”
But of course we’re winning…
Edie
July 12
11:38 pm
Unfortunately due to our soft bowlers and England’s antics.. it is a damn draw.. I’m an Aussie who is a quarter welsh.. pmsl
Karen Scott
July 13
4:31 am
Lol@ Amarinda. This is why its best not to count one’s chickens, heh.
Can’t believe those bunch of crap cricketers drew in the end, and we’re celebrating like we won. Urrggh.
Amarinda Jones
July 13
7:44 am
Oh well, probably the closest you poms will get
Anon76
July 13
3:11 pm
Okay, I think I just found another pirate on ebay. Same volume of ebooks with a disclaimer to the ebay staff that the person is authorized to sell the items.
Person also has what they call a Nora Roberts/J D Robb Ultimate collection with over 180 books in ebook form. Hmmm, wonder if Nora and her pubs authorized that? Me thinks not. LOL
Sellers name is getreadybid I’d put in a linky, but I don’t know how to with just a hyperlink. Sigh
Mari Janssen
July 13
10:54 pm
http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/getreadybid_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_ipgZ
anon
July 14
3:01 am
If anybody wants to report the above ebay seller
http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/getreadybid_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_ipgZ
that Mari posted, you can do so. Follow the same instructions as above, report the listing-the tab is over on the side now. But follow the above instructions and when the box appears for listing numbers, you can paste this list. It’s about half of his listings.
320396886591
320397903881
320397907594
320397908450
320398070990
320398071342
320398071920
320398072688
320395602108
320398209468
320398090249
320398232193
320398232919
As he is claiming resale rights, he’s not just violating copyright, he is also outright lying. No author or publisher gives resale rights on ebooks away.
Edie
July 14
8:45 am
reported
Anon76
July 14
2:11 pm
Cool beans. Way to go group! Just double checked and all the book listings for the getreadybid seller have been removed.
Anon76
July 14
2:36 pm
I went back and did more searching of the ebook category. From what I gather, that whole blurb about having the “right of resale” is legitimate when it comes to one of those get rich quick, work from home schemes.
You purchase a CD with hundreds to thousands of self help articles on it, and then resell it to others.
So it seems that a few slicksters have decided to try the same philosophy with fiction books. They slap on the happy crappy tag line to try and fly under Ebay’s radar.
I have the feeling these two individuals aren’t the only ones who will try this, so I’m going to check Ebay every day. You have to figure that some of the purchasers didn’t buy for their love of a good book, but to copy and sell for themselves.
Thanks mucho, Karen, for the alert, and if we keep vigilant, maybe we can make this stop entirely before it morphs into something that can’t be controlled.
Karen Scott
July 15
11:36 am
Well done guys, whilst I was gone, you managed to banish yet another e-book thief, yay for Ebay for taking action so quickly.
Anon76
July 17
4:12 pm
Hey all, I’ve found another pirate.
http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/cajuncoco504_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_ipgZ
cajuncoco504 Selling multiple lots of books on CD. Nora Roberts/J D Robb, Kenyon and Koontz
Anon76
July 17
5:49 pm
Oh, and this one is a real sweetheart. 10,000 romances on cd.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290326283462&fromMakeTrack=true
name is ebooks_in_bulk
Mireya
July 25
10:09 pm
You should see this: http://cgi.ebay.com/Nora-Roberts-J-D-Robb-Ultimate-Collection-180-Novels_W0QQitemZ320403908996QQcategoryZ40174QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3907.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D14%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D54
If anyone has Ms. Roberts email, notify her. This is not going to EVER stop unless someone with clout actually does something about it.
AztecLady
July 26
2:37 am
I am going to venture to say that Ms Roberts’ representatives have not been idle on this front from the beginning, Mireya.
The thing is, pirates are individuals, not a borg-like entity. Stopping one or a bunch by scaring or banning them won’t stop a few hundred more from popping up elsewhere (or in that same place).
What is essential is to educate the consumers on the fact that they are buying stolen goods when they buy from pirates. If there’s no market, there’ll be no pleddlers.
Mireya
July 26
11:50 am
@AztecLady: No, I am aware of that. It would be like trying to stop illegal peddlers from selling counterfeits in the streets of New York City. In this case however, the entity that should be pressured is eBay. They are facilitators.