Scribd.com Comes to the Dark Side
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Scribd.com Comes to the Dark Side
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#2scribd responds
Why am i asked for a login to see their response?
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#3scribd responds Why am i asked for a login to see their response?
I was half-expecting to be charged a $9 subscription fee to see the content, but then they'd have to fail to pay themselves to make the joke complete.
Re: Scribd.com Comes to the Dark Side
#4scribd responds Why am i asked for a login to see their response?
And to clarify, it is evelreads that is asking you to login, rather than scribd
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#5Thanks for letting me know, i've gone and disabled that setting in scribd.
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#6While I can for sure appreciate the Scribd service, charging for 24 hour access to "archives" is just silly. It reminds me of Rapidshare, which isn't exactly a brand to live up to.
On the other hand. So does the website that posted the article and requires a login to read the follow-up.
I like that someone called Scribed out and they fixed the situation.
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#7From the comments section:
UPDATE! Evil Wylie contacted Scribd and successfully negotiated a resolution. Scribd now offers the option for an author to PERMANENTLY OPT ALL DOCUMENTS OUT of the "archives." This is effective immediately. This doesn't mean that what they did was right (although their terms and conditions allow them to basically do whatever), but they do respond to complaints rather swiftly.
Re: Scribd.com Comes to the Dark Side
#8From the comments section: UPDATE! Evil Wylie contacted Scribd and successfully negotiated a resolution. Scribd now offers the option for an author to PERMANENTLY OPT ALL DOCUMENTS OUT of the "archives." This is effective immediately. This doesn't mean that what they did was right (although their terms and conditions allow them to basically do whatever), but they do respond to complaints rather swiftly.
So now the worthless criminal assholes at Scribd will monetize your stolen copyrighted content, and take all of it, until you notice, and tell them to stop.
Fuck them. And fuck you for pretending that excuses their utterly amoral destruction of value.
Scribd is one of the most disgusting websites on the Internet. They are thieves who obtain value by stealing it from others. Fuck them.
Re: Scribd.com Comes to the Dark Side
#9From the comments section: UPDATE! Evil Wylie contacted Scribd and successfully negotiated a resolution. Scribd now offers the option for an author to PERMANENTLY OPT ALL DOCUMENTS OUT of the "archives." This is effective immediately. This doesn't mean that what they did was right (although their terms and conditions allow them to basically do whatever), but they do respond to complaints rather swiftly.
Smart move by Scribd. Diffuse a lot of the "SCRIBD IS PURE EVIL!!!!!" complaints, but only a fraction of a percent of documents will get opted out, so the impact on their revenue is negligible.
Re: Scribd.com Comes to the Dark Side
#10From the comments section: UPDATE! Evil Wylie contacted Scribd and successfully negotiated a resolution. Scribd now offers the option for an author to PERMANENTLY OPT ALL DOCUMENTS OUT of the "archives." This is effective immediately. This doesn't mean that what they did was right (although their terms and conditions allow them to basically do whatever), but they do respond to complaints rather swiftly.
Smart move by Scribd. Diffuse a lot of the "SCRIBD IS PURE EVIL!!!!!" complaints, but only a fraction of a percent of documents will get opted out, so the impact on their revenue is negligible.
I'd call it a disgusting and amoral move by a company whose goal is clearly to steal value created by others without sharing it appropriately.
It's disappointing that anybody would call such a gutless, value-free, unethical move "smart".
Are HNers all, like Scribd and (apparently) you, such uncreative, worthless sacks of shit that they must resort to theft and the praise of theft of value? What happened to creating value?