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Complaint Review: Gobagz.com - Internet
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Gobagz.com eBookr.net possible pirating site, possible royalties and copyright infringement Internet
My facebook friend posted this, and I checked it out. I did this the other day too and found out it was bunk, but this one appears to collect money without paying the author.
here is the original post.
"PLEASE EVERYONE ESPECIALLY AUTHORS - WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS PIRATING SITE - PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF YOUR BOOKS ARE ON THERE - UNFORTUNATELY A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS IS - REPORT THE FACEBOOK PAGE -- LETS NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS
Copied from Young Adult and Teen Readers page - Please I am begging and pleading with you not to support these pages or site! They are steal our books and utterly breaking our hearts. I would happy gift anyone of you a copy of a book! Just please do NOT support thieves!
http://gobagz.net/?s=today+only&submit=Search or https://www.facebook.com/EPubMobiPdf"
I investigated the web page Gobagz.net, and it had authors ebooks for free download available on the site. When I clicked on the download, I was redirected to Ebookr.net, and was asked to select either a free trial period of downloadable ebooks or a paid subscription.
I investigated one like this two days ago, mybookezzz and playyeah.net. They were similar download sites, but I was able to determine the authros who thought they were being pirated were not present there. I would like to you investigate Gobagz.net and Ebookr.net to see if they are paying author royalties per copyright and DRM.
There were comments on the affiliated facebok page from concerned authors who were upset that the site did not ask them permission to post links to the books, and it is apparent at Ebookr that there is a subscription fee being collected for the downloads but no evidence of redistribution to authors as royalties.
Sites to be wary of, and I know there are more: Mybookezzz.net, Playyeah.net, Gobagz.net, eBookr.net
These might be pirating the works of ebook authors and infringeing on copyright.
