International publishers take down pirate sites
17 February 2012
Patrick Ross, Washington DC
Two websites alleged to be selling more than 400,000 infringed e-books were shut down after an international coalition of book publishers secured legal action in Ireland and Germany
Seven members of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) joined with British, Dutch, German and Italian publishers in targeting the fileshare hosting site www.ifile.it and a site hosting links to that site's content, www.library.nu. The publishers estimate the site's operators earned an estimated €8 million annually from selling unauthorised e-books.
"Today, the international book industry has shown that it...
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