How Advertisers Promote E-Book Piracy, and What You Can Do About It

This is one way that pirates make money while appearing to be "generously" sharing ebooks without a profit motive. They accept advertisements that are placed by a reputable company such as AdBrite.

http://www.adbrite.com/mb/how-publishers-splash.php

It should be said that AdBrite has an agreement --a responsible agreement-- that "publishers" ie bloggers sign to pledge not to publish illegal content.


https://www.adbrite.com/mb/publisher_landing_page3.php


Snip from AdBrite's policy pages:

AdBrite prohibits ads from displaying on sites with the following content:

    * Any pornographic material, adult material, or mature content including thinly censored nudity. Due to the risk of adult content, we do not allow image hosts or free web hosting services.

    * Any offers for illegal activities, products or services.

    * Promotion of fake documents, copied material, or paper mills.

Advertisers presumably trust AdBrite when they sign up.

http://www.adbrite.com/mb/target_ads.php


However, as we can see, there are issues. Unscrupulous pirates are making money, and authors are being hurt.
AdBrite (much to its credit) has a contact form where anyone may report suspicious activity

http://www.adbrite.com/mb/email_support.php


But, one has to be massively outraged and persistent to find it!


I was. And am. A lot of my friends and colleagues have been ripped off since December by a pirate using blogspot, AdBrite, and a file hosting site. This pirate violated everyone's TOS. My question is, why isn't it easier to detect and stop this sort of thing?


However, now you know, next time you see a pirate on Wordpress or Blogspot poke around and see if you can find out who is placing the ads


Purely for shock value, I want to show you how many authors' books were being illegally shared by "download" links on a blogspot site.
Clicking the "Download" link (which is a very risky thing to do in these days of viruses and trojans and the possibility that you actually will illegally download a book and be sued!) in this case took would-be readers to a non-searchable page on a file hosting site.


(BTW I have messed with the "links" below, so they no longer go to the pirate site)



Nora Roberts (45) Ann Jacobs (14)  Gaelen Foley (10) Madeline Hunter (10) Candace Camp (9) Mandy M. Roth (8) Sandra Marton (8) Young adult (8) Abby Green (7) Erin McCarthy (7)  Amanda Ashley (6) Cathy Maxwell (6) Gail Faulkner (6) Gena Showalter (6) Marjorie M. Liu (6) Maryjanice Davidson (6) Melanie Jackson (6) Nalini Singh (6) Barbara Metzger (5) Brenda Joyce (5) Eve Vaughn (5) Joan Wolf (5) Miranda Lee (5) Mlyn Hurn (5) Annette Broadrick (4) Charlaine Harris (4) Elizabeth Thornton (4) Fiona Brand (4) Georgette Heyer (4) Ginna Gray (4) J D Robb (4) Jo Goodman (4) Julie Anne Long (4) Lucy Monroe (4) Penny Jordan (4) Rachel Bo (4) candice hern (4) Adele Ashworth (3) Allyson James (3) Amy J. Fetzer (3) Angela Knight (3) Anna Godbersen (3) Anthology (3) Anya Bast (3) Barbara Dawson Smith (3) Barbara McCauley (3) Barbara Samuel (3) Bertrice Small (3) Brenna Lyons (3) C T Adams and Cathy Clamp (3) Cathryn Fox (3) Christina Dodd (3) Emilie Rose (3) Evangeline Anderson (3) Iris Johansen (3) Jane Feather (3) Julie Ortolon (3) Karen Marie Moning (3) Maggie Shayne (3) Margaret Moore (3) Melissa Schroeder (3) Nancy Warren (3) Patrice Michelle (3) Patricia Briggs (3) Patricia Grasso (3) Ruth Wind (3) Spy (3) Action (2) Ally Carter (2) Amanda Browning (2) Amanda Young (2) Amy Fetzer (2) Andrea Kane (2) Anh Leod (2) Anne Bishop (2) Annette Blair (2) Annmarie McKenna (2) Anthony Horowitz (2) Ashley Ladd (2) Aubrey Ross (2) Barbara Clark (2) Ben Bova (2) Brenda Jackson (2) Carla Cassidy (2) Carol Grace (2) Charlotte Boyett-Compo (2) Christine Warren (2) Comic book (2) Elizabeth Young (2) Emma Darcy (2) Emma Holly (2) Hannah Murray (2) Heather Cullman (2) Helen R. Myers (2) Horror (2) Janet Chapman (2) Jenna Mills (2) Jennifer Crusie (2) Jennifer Labrecque (2) Jo Leigh (2) Jordan Summers (2) Kelley Armstrong (2) Laura Wright (2) Linda Winstead Jones (2) Mackenzie Mckade (2) Madelyn Alt (2) Marion Zimmer Bradley (2) Mary Balogh (2) Mary Winter (2) Meljean Brook (2) Nicholas Sparks (2) Rachel Caine (2) Yvonne Lindsay (2) Zoey Dean (2) gay (2) Alexandra Sellers (1) Alexis Morgan (1) Alicia Sparks (1) Alison Roberts (1) Allison Lane (1) Ally Blake (1) Alyssa Brooks (1) Amy Elizabeth Saunders (1) Amy Frazier (1) Andrea Da Rif (1) Angel Lynn (1) Angie Daniels (1) Anita Birt (1) Ann Major (1) Ann Vremont (1) Anne Mallory (1) Anne Manning (1) Arianna Hart (1) Ashlyn Chase (1) Barbara Delinsky (1) Beverly Rae (1) Blayne Edwards (1) Bonnie Hamre (1) CJ Cherryh (1) Cait London (1) Camille Anthony (1) Cara Summers (1) Carolyn Jewel (1) Catherine Spencer (1) Cecily von Ziegesar (1) Charlene Leonard (1) Charlene Sands (1) Chemistry (1) Cheryl Biggs (1) Cheryl St. John (1) Christie Kelley (1) Christie Ridgway (1) Ciana Stone (1) Cris Anson (1) Crissy Smith (1) Dahlia Schweitzer (1) Daisy Dexter Dobbs (1) Day Leclaire (1) Deborah Hale (1) Deidre Knight (1) Devyn Quinn (1) Doreen Desalvo (1) Doreen Orsini (1) Elizabeth Jewell (1) Ellen Fisher (1) Ellen Schreiber (1) Emma Goldrick (1) Erin Blackwell (1) French literature (1) Gayle Wilson (1) Glen Cook (1) Hannah Howell (1) Heather Holland (1) Ilona Andrews (1) Isabel Sharpe (1) Isabel Wolff (1) Isabelle Drake (1) J.c. Wilder (1) J.k. Rowling (1) James bond (1) Jane Sullivan (1) Janelle Taylor (1) Janice Bennet (1) Jenna Petersen (1) Jennifer Fallon (1) Jennifer St. Giles (1) Jennifer fulton (1) Jess Michaels (1) Jessica Day George (1) Kathleen E. Woodwiss (1) Kathleen O'Reilly (1) Leda Swann (1) Lesbian (1) Leslie Kelly (1) Lynn LaFleur (1) Marilyn Pappano (1) Mary Mcbride (1) Mary Wine (1) Meg Cabot (1) Melani Blazer (1) Melanie George (1) Melanie Milburne (1) Melinda Mcrae (1) Melissa Mcclone (1) Merline Lovelace (1) Michele Hauf (1) Michelle Albert (1) Minda Webber (1) Moira Mctark (1) Monica Mclean (1) Murder (1) Nancy Friday (1) Naomi Horton (1) Pamela Toth (1) Paula Marshall (1) Penthouse (1) Piper Banks (1) Poetry (1) Red Garnier (1) Rick Cook (1) Robin Schone (1) Samantha Hunter (1) Samantha James (1) Sara Craven (1) Shana Galen (1) Shelley Bradley (1) Sylvia Day (1) Toni Blake (1) alice borchardt (1) alison kent (1) 


PS

Just seen on Venture Beat
http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/02/book-piracy-costs-u-s-publishers-3b-says-study/

Attributor’s plan is crafty. The company doesn’t try to shut down pirate sites. Instead, it goes after the ad networks most of them use to make money by showing ads on the download pages for ripped books. Attributor tries to get the ad network – Google, Yahoo, AdBrite — to withhold a percentage of the money they would pay to the site’s operator, and give it to the book’s copyright holder instead.
The New York Times reported last year that Google and Yahoo “have reacted coolly to the proposal.”