Quote=Dave Bell: I shouldn't have clicked on the link...
"Number 2 best-selling PublishAmerica children's book on amazon.co.uk"
I am not going to speculate on the quality of the work, but if that's the best thing the author can say about it, I know which way to bet.
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Well, I actually purchased it and read it all the way through. I wanted to see whether there was any merit to the claims (on AW and on Amazon) of shoddy workmanship in the book itself. There isn't. The book is properly cut and glued and seems to be a normal POD book. I even wrote a review of the novel itself, but after consultation with others, chose not to post it anywhere. It wouldn't help or hurt either side of the argument, so why bring it to the battle?
But if anyone is interested in reading it, I'd be happy to pass it along by mail. I could use the space on my shelves. :)
Cathy C
AW loyalists should be pleased to learn that I have, along with several other TERRIFIC volunteers, salvaged over 400 individual threads on the Bewares & Backgrounds Check forum. Those who are regulars there know that not only scammer publishers and agents show up in B&BC--there are many, MANY legit companies who have glowing recommendations and discussions of their current needs. (But yes, I made sure I cached the scam threads first...hate to lose those! :) )
I was reminded today on another site that AW isn't merely the sum of its database, but a community of individuals whose collective knowledge CAN easily rebuild the data from scratch--if necessary. We hope it won't be necessary and the database will be restored to Jenna intact.
I've already made my donation to the rebuild fund, and have linked it on my blog and website. We're grateful for anyone who chooses to donate, since many authors are indeed of the "starving" variety.
Thanks and see you again soon at the new, IMPROVED AW!
Cathy C
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Posted by C.E. PetitDon't cite cases that have been overturned.
You're absolutely correct. I didn't shepardize it and should have before posting. My apologies for relying on old research and thanks for the correction. Also, congrats on the win. :)
Quote by Lisa Spangenberg: Cathy, if you're an ISP it's your job to understand compliance with the DMCA; and in some cases, you are legally obligated to comply and understand and have a link to that effect on your site.
These people really, were, well, too naive to believe.
Yeah, but people agree to things they don't fully grasp everyday---obligated doesn't equal "understood" in too many cases. Sigh... But I agree.
Just found this link after traveling home from the RT convention in Florida, and have been repeatedly having to pick up my dropped jaw.
I think an awful lot of internet providers don't really understand much about the DMCA. They probably heard about the Ellison v. Robertson lawsuit (189 F.Supp.2d 1051, 2002 Copr.L.Dec. P28,420, 62 U.S.P.Q.2d 1170) back several years ago, and panic when the Act is invoked. Anyone interested in the actual case can use the cite here to find it. But the upshot of that case was that author Harlan Ellison sued AOL in 2000, alleging that the company violated the DMCA by allowing unauthorized copies of his works to appear on Usenet servers for two weeks. The suit originally named the fan who scanned the works, as well as the newsgroup host, but both other parties settled, leaving AOL as the only defendant. The Judge ruled that AOL was protected by DMCA from liability to an author so long as the disputed content was removed when the ISP is notified. But as C.E. posted earlier, it was a PLAGIARISM issue in that suit--copyrighted material had been scanned and posted. There aren't any copyright issues related to an email address that I'm aware of presently, but things change every day.
It might be worthwhile for an IP (intellectual property) attorney to write up an article about how the DMCA applies to ISPs and publish it in their trade magazines (C.E., are you listening...?)
I do find it deplorable that a professional internet provider, even a reseller, would take a single threat and summarily remove an entire domain rather than work with the owner to determine both sides of the issue. And the hour notice to save the entire database was particularly disturbing. That smacks of near-malicious intent, since few domains, even for corporations, have 24-hour techs on duty. It's just lucky someone was around to receive the notice, or bad, bad things could have happened.
BTW--Charlie, if the new ISP doesn't work out, I've been really pleased with Blue Domino/Coffeecup as our host. They have sufficient size to handle pretty much anything AW might need, and the costs are reasonable.
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