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Amazon, Lee Child & John Grisham Win $7.8m Judgment Against eBook Pirates

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A preliminary injunction was quickly handed down by a Washington court which prevented payment processors, domain registrars, hosts, back-end service providers, affiliate program providers, web designers, and search engines from doing business with the sites. The court also ordered assets to be restrained. ” Court Awards $7.8m

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DMCA Scammers Exploit Sites Linked to Mental Health Issues to Boost SEO

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The email doesn’t mention Byrne by name (a red flag in itself) but attempts to achieve the same goals: link to a site, credit the ‘source’, and Byrne won’t get sued for copyright infringement. The image referenced in the email as being the original, copyrighted image, is suspiciously hosted on Imgur.