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I have to say that this is one of the funniest things I've seen all month, related to free licenses.
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So, call me crazy, but I reported Alphascript Publishing to the GNU Foundation, to Amazon's legal department, and to the Federal Trade Commission. I also later notified Mike Godwin about how every Alphascript cover on the copied-from-Wikipedia books has a green sticker that says "High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!" But, Mike was offended that I'd bring this to his attention. He said, "What the hell is wrong with you?" I guess he doesn't care when for-profit publishers shit on the Wikipedia trade name and deceptively use Amazon to repurpose Wikipedia content for profit.
Anyway, I got an e-mail reply from the "Dr. John McBrewster" whose e-mail was "legal@alphascript-publishing.com": QUOTE Last month we earned 2,3 billion US Dollars with Alphascript books, this month probably 8-10 billions. Next month > 100. If you are one of these poor U.S. citizens without health care insurance I can give you some $$ for your visit at the psychiatrist. Otherwise ask your President to send some military officers to my country on their way to Irak. Wow. Alphascript this month will be making more than Comcast does. That's impressive! Hey, wait. Amazon. Godwin. Jimbo. Wikia. Amazon invested $10 million in Wikia. Amazon is hosting Alphascript's deceptive content for profit. Hey, I think I see what might be going on here! |
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...I reported Alphascript Publishing to the GNU Foundation, to Amazon's legal department, and to the Federal Trade Commission. I also later notified Mike Godwin about how every Alphascript cover on the copied-from-Wikipedia books has a green sticker that says "High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!" But, Mike was offended that I'd bring this to his attention. He said, "What the hell is wrong with you?" I guess he doesn't care when for-profit publishers shit on the Wikipedia trade name and deceptively use Amazon to repurpose Wikipedia content for profit. Flash forward, more than 20 months later, and I get this e-mail from Amazon today (because I was selling hard-copy print-outs of Wikipedia articles as "copies" of the Alphascript garbage, as a ruse to warn prospective buyers what was happening): QUOTE Notice: Policy Warning From: Amazon.com Seller Performance 12:08 PM Hello from Amazon. We are currently removing a number of listings for recopied media products on Amazon.com, including material obtained from the internet and sold in a printed format. Our records indicate that you have offered this type of product for sale on Amazon.com and you may be affected by this removal. Listed beneath our signature are examples of this item type, though it may not be an exhaustive list of the products we removed. As stated in our Policies regarding Prohibited Content media transferred from one format to another is prohibited. Please note that you will not be penalized for the first-time cancellation of these listings. However, we prohibit re-listing products on Amazon.com once it is brought to your attention that sales of those products are not permitted. Any further listing of these products on Amazon.com may result in the loss of your selling privileges. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Looks like our buddies at Alphascript and their ilk are (at some point) no longer going to be able to (ab)use Amazon customers with fake "books". This post has been edited by thekohser: |
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