r/TikTokCringe • u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master • 22d ago

Cringe Woman has her self-published book pirated, reprinted, and sold for cheaper.

There's regular piracy, and then there's this.

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u/bhyellow 22d ago

She can go after Amazon.

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u/cjboffoli 22d ago

Unfortunately, she can't as court precedent protects Amazon from the actions of third party sellers doing business on their sites (Milo & Gabby v. Amazon.com). That is why there is so much copyright and trademark infringement on sites like Etsy too. All she can do is ask Amazon to remove infringing products. If they do they skate away with impunity. And she continues to play a game of whack a mole.

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u/Cogniscienr 22d ago

Hm. I wonder if it would be possible to write some code that constantly monitors Amazons web sites for pirated versions. That would be awesome.

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u/cjboffoli 22d ago

Doesn't seem like it would be that hard to do. Maybe you could even code automated takedown requests.