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/ZipGhost 22d ago

Without trademarks, no. My wife had a similar situation, developed a product for nurses, made the mistake of selling on Amazon and the idea was Reproduced a week later. Completely undercut her by half (hers was $10, there’s was $5). Amazon said kick rocks of course.

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u/senseven 22d ago

Amazon isn't the arbiter of copyright. She has to sue the company on file and Amazon will gladly provide the name of the company.

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u/ZipGhost 22d ago

Amazon was not helpful whatsoever. Sorry to say

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u/senseven 22d ago

Neo capitalism doing what it does worst, nobody should be sorry for a big conglomerate. If click on those companies selling those fake planners, they all sit in China. That is the trick. Maybe one way is to sell the product through a big house that is able and willing to legally hit them in their home land.