Comments on: Who’s Profiting From Your Hard Work (Besides You)? http://www.alternativesoho.com/finances/unauthorized-sellers.html A website dedicated to providing useful resources for stay at home parents, freelancers, small business owners, and individuals seeking a better, more balanced way of life, while earning a living from home and establishing financial independence. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:28:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Teli http://www.alternativesoho.com/finances/unauthorized-sellers.html#comment-3918 Teli Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:05:17 +0000 http://www.alternativesoho.com/finances/unauthorized-sellers.html#comment-3918 Hi Chris, Sorry it's taken me so long to get to your comment. To answer your question, no. Password protecting ebooks doesn't really do anything to stop someone from selling it directly and if you go the extra mile and require a password to <em>read</em> the ebook, you only inconvenience your honest users. (Frankly, I request a refund on books that come with a <em>to read</em> password because it's far too inconvenient to keep track of the password indefinitely.) On another note, there are plenty of password cracking utilities available for sale online, which unscrupulous people already know about. You can do your best to protect your product, but there is no 100% foolproof way to stop the digital thieves. Only minimize it and handle the transgressions as they come up. ~ Teli Hi Chris,
Sorry it’s taken me so long to get to your comment.

To answer your question, no. Password protecting ebooks doesn’t really do anything to stop someone from selling it directly and if you go the extra mile and require a password to read the ebook, you only inconvenience your honest users. (Frankly, I request a refund on books that come with a to read password because it’s far too inconvenient to keep track of the password indefinitely.)

On another note, there are plenty of password cracking utilities available for sale online, which unscrupulous people already know about.

You can do your best to protect your product, but there is no 100% foolproof way to stop the digital thieves. Only minimize it and handle the transgressions as they come up.

~ Teli

]]> By: chris http://www.alternativesoho.com/finances/unauthorized-sellers.html#comment-3883 chris Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:20:28 +0000 http://www.alternativesoho.com/finances/unauthorized-sellers.html#comment-3883 Isn't this why it is best to have ebooks password protected? Isn’t this why it is best to have ebooks password protected?

]]> By: Peter Claridge http://www.alternativesoho.com/finances/unauthorized-sellers.html#comment-3674 Peter Claridge Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:09:56 +0000 http://www.alternativesoho.com/finances/unauthorized-sellers.html#comment-3674 Just thought I'd follow up to my previous comment. Do a search for "DMCA notice example" and you should find some 'insert your details here' templates. Use these when complaining to hosts and payment providers otherwise your request could also go unheeded. Also check out eBay's VeRO program to stop people selling your stuff in auctions. Just thought I’d follow up to my previous comment. Do a search for “DMCA notice example” and you should find some ‘insert your details here’ templates. Use these when complaining to hosts and payment providers otherwise your request could also go unheeded. Also check out eBay’s VeRO program to stop people selling your stuff in auctions.

]]> By: Chrissie http://www.alternativesoho.com/finances/unauthorized-sellers.html#comment-3615 Chrissie Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:08:27 +0000 http://www.alternativesoho.com/finances/unauthorized-sellers.html#comment-3615 It never ceases to amaze me how people can steal another person's hard work and claim it as their own. Truly. Two years ago I had someone hack into my hosting account and they were using it to spam.. it was an absolute nightmare. I know firsthand how hard you worked on the WP Affiliate Guide. I am sorry you even have to deal with this, Teli. Great advice offered for anyone else that should need it. Hopefully karma catches up with all the cheaters soon ;) Hugs, Chrissie It never ceases to amaze me how people can steal another person’s hard work and claim it as their own. Truly. Two years ago I had someone hack into my hosting account and they were using it to spam.. it was an absolute nightmare.

I know firsthand how hard you worked on the WP Affiliate Guide. I am sorry you even have to deal with this, Teli.

Great advice offered for anyone else that should need it. Hopefully karma catches up with all the cheaters soon ;)

Hugs,
Chrissie

]]> By: Peter http://www.alternativesoho.com/finances/unauthorized-sellers.html#comment-3610 Peter Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:43:11 +0000 http://www.alternativesoho.com/finances/unauthorized-sellers.html#comment-3610 Hi Teli, I'm in a similar position to you in that people are selling my software (although I'm losing out on $400-$500 a sale). I've found PayLoadz to be excellent in helping to remove copyright pirates. Unfortunately I can't say the same about PayPal. My honest opinion is that PayPal simply don't care about people using their service to sell copyrighted products - even though I have an account that does a 5 figure sum with them every month. When complaining about a site, I usually bypass the host and go direct to the server. Be warned though you have to include some pretty specific information otherwise they ignore it... See http://www.softlayer.com/dmca.html for the information you should submit to a host/server when complaining about copyright infringement. Peter Hi Teli,

I’m in a similar position to you in that people are selling my software (although I’m losing out on $400-$500 a sale). I’ve found PayLoadz to be excellent in helping to remove copyright pirates. Unfortunately I can’t say the same about PayPal. My honest opinion is that PayPal simply don’t care about people using their service to sell copyrighted products - even though I have an account that does a 5 figure sum with them every month.

When complaining about a site, I usually bypass the host and go direct to the server. Be warned though you have to include some pretty specific information otherwise they ignore it…

See http://www.softlayer.com/dmca.html for the information you should submit to a host/server when complaining about copyright infringement.

Peter

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