Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new marketing VP
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Re: Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new marketing VP
#2Love the site, but they seriously need to clean up the amount of illegal ebooks being shared.
I mean, http://www.scribd.com/search?query=wrox&x=0&y=0 says it all doesn’t it.
Wouldn’t even be hard to filter this out, anything uploaded over 200 pages should be investigated.
Ofcourse, much of their growth may come from these illegal downloads (we don't know)... So until they start getting complains, they'll probably let it slide: the youtube way.
Edit: what the... I posted this comment on techcrunch a few hours ago, and now I recheck the search results, all 600+ ebooks seem to have disappeared.
No matter, just search for something else. Plenty of examples still. Seems they deleted this quickly perhaps because of the comment, but are not addressing it globally.
Re: Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new marketing VP
#3Love the site, but they seriously need to clean up the amount of illegal ebooks being shared. I mean, http://www.scribd.com/search?query=wrox&x=0&y=0 says it all doesn’t it. Wouldn’t even be hard to filter this out, anything uploaded over 200 pages should be investigated. Ofcourse, much of their growth may come from these illegal downloads (we don't know)... So until they start getting complains, they'll probably let…
They probably qualify for the DMCA safe harbor so one of the few incentives to act are complaints. Also, one can assume they are getting complaints given the volume of documents they host.
Re: Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new marketing VP
#4Love the site, but they seriously need to clean up the amount of illegal ebooks being shared. I mean, http://www.scribd.com/search?query=wrox&x=0&y=0 says it all doesn’t it. Wouldn’t even be hard to filter this out, anything uploaded over 200 pages should be investigated. Ofcourse, much of their growth may come from these illegal downloads (we don't know)... So until they start getting complains, they'll probably let…
Ha, it's zero docs, but it still says 658 up in the tab. It's a cat-and-mouse game and I certainly don't envy them.
Congrats fellas and ladies!
Re: Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new marketing VP
#5Love the site, but they seriously need to clean up the amount of illegal ebooks being shared. I mean, http://www.scribd.com/search?query=wrox&x=0&y=0 says it all doesn’t it. Wouldn’t even be hard to filter this out, anything uploaded over 200 pages should be investigated. Ofcourse, much of their growth may come from these illegal downloads (we don't know)... So until they start getting complains, they'll probably let…
I imagine it's exactly the youtube way. Bootstrapping from illicit content to legitimate content. scribd is probably the second biggest repository of illegal books online (after irc book bots) and probably the easiest to use.
Re: Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new marketing VP
#6Love the site, but they seriously need to clean up the amount of illegal ebooks being shared. I mean, http://www.scribd.com/search?query=wrox&x=0&y=0 says it all doesn’t it. Wouldn’t even be hard to filter this out, anything uploaded over 200 pages should be investigated. Ofcourse, much of their growth may come from these illegal downloads (we don't know)... So until they start getting complains, they'll probably let…
Somehow this query still works: http://www.scribd.com/search?l=0&page=1&per_page=100...
Re: Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new marketing VP
#7Love the site, but they seriously need to clean up the amount of illegal ebooks being shared. I mean, http://www.scribd.com/search?query=wrox&x=0&y=0 says it all doesn’t it. Wouldn’t even be hard to filter this out, anything uploaded over 200 pages should be investigated. Ofcourse, much of their growth may come from these illegal downloads (we don't know)... So until they start getting complains, they'll probably let…
Somehow this query still works: http://www.scribd.com/search?l=0&page=1&per_page=100...
Those seem like entirely different results though. Seems all books with "wrox" in the title are deleted.
If you want another example, you can try "harry potter" or "sitepoint".
Re: Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new marketing VP
#8Love the site, but they seriously need to clean up the amount of illegal ebooks being shared. I mean, http://www.scribd.com/search?query=wrox&x=0&y=0 says it all doesn’t it. Wouldn’t even be hard to filter this out, anything uploaded over 200 pages should be investigated. Ofcourse, much of their growth may come from these illegal downloads (we don't know)... So until they start getting complains, they'll probably let…
Re: Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new marketing VP
#9They need to seriously get rid of that flash viewer or at least provide a link to a real pdf.
Re: Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new marketing VP
#10Love the site, but they seriously need to clean up the amount of illegal ebooks being shared. I mean, http://www.scribd.com/search?query=wrox&x=0&y=0 says it all doesn’t it. Wouldn’t even be hard to filter this out, anything uploaded over 200 pages should be investigated. Ofcourse, much of their growth may come from these illegal downloads (we don't know)... So until they start getting complains, they'll probably let…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Copyright_Infringement_L...
"not be aware of facts or circumstances from which infringing activity is apparent (512(c)(1)(A)(2))."
"not receive a financial benefit directly attributable to the infringing activity, in a case in which the service provider has the right and ability to control such activity (512(c)(1)(B))."