Amazon Caught Selling Counterfeits of Publisher’s Computer Books–Again
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Re: Amazon Caught Selling Counterfeits of Publisher’s Computer Books–Again
#2How isnt Amazon liable for this / sued?
If Walmart did the same there would be various lawsuits
Re: Amazon Caught Selling Counterfeits of Publisher’s Computer Books–Again
#3How isnt Amazon liable for this / sued? If Walmart did the same there would be various lawsuits
They are probably liable, but it's also not intentional behavior which means less damages - so it's not worth being the first person to sue them.
This is just Amazon being sloppy and not having any reasonable checks or controls on their print service.
Re: Amazon Caught Selling Counterfeits of Publisher’s Computer Books–Again
#4The counterfeit and review manipulation issues have rendered Amazon unpleasant enough for me that buying local is something I've started to enjoy again.
I trust the merchant to have performed some kind of vetting for merchandise sold on premise, and the price is often good or (interestingly enough) even better than on Amazon. Often enough local is still more expensive, but it beats browsing Amazon for an hour, sifting through reviews that can no longer be trusted.
Re: Amazon Caught Selling Counterfeits of Publisher’s Computer Books–Again
#5How isnt Amazon liable for this / sued? If Walmart did the same there would be various lawsuits
They are probably liable, but it's also not intentional behavior which means less damages - so it's not worth being the first person to sue them. This is just Amazon being sloppy and not having any reasonable checks or controls on their print service.
I could also see Amazon retaliating by refusing to carry a publisher's book if they sued.
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#6How isnt Amazon liable for this / sued? If Walmart did the same there would be various lawsuits
Don't be ridiculous. It's better for technical books to be freely available for everyone to read. Think about it, it is more optimal for the world in the long run.
Re: Amazon Caught Selling Counterfeits of Publisher’s Computer Books–Again
#7Here's a previous discussion when the same publisher was being pirated by Amazon previously.
Re: Amazon Caught Selling Counterfeits of Publisher’s Computer Books–Again
#8How isnt Amazon liable for this / sued? If Walmart did the same there would be various lawsuits
More than likely, they can just claim "we're just a platform, someone else uploaded the file". This is the inherent problem with Section 230 immunity for platforms: We've given companies a blank check to be used as part of criminal enterprises, and given them no incentive to police illegal behavior on their networks.
In this scenario, Amazon is able to literally produce, sell, and distribute counterfeit material, keep the profits from doing so, and face no legal repercussions. That is the definition of a broken law.
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#9Surely this should be an easy fix for them to be able to detect counterfeit books being created? If they are anything like other on demand self publishing platforms, you upload a pdf or similar file to create the book, and surely it's not beyond the wit of those at amazon to create an ml based system that would be able to detect similar files to those of legitimate books that they already carry and flag them to the legitimate publisher for manual review (if they can't be bothered to police it themselves as it appears)?
Re: Amazon Caught Selling Counterfeits of Publisher’s Computer Books–Again
#10How isnt Amazon liable for this / sued? If Walmart did the same there would be various lawsuits
is eBay getting sued every time a counterfeit good is sold?