Amazon.com - Blatant Profiteering And The Theft Of Free Information
One Defiant Voice CAN Make a Difference!
In 2005 I wrote a book entitled Earths Forbidden Secrets Part One - Searching For The Past. Upon completion of the work I decided that the knowledge contained therein was too important to allow money to impede the flow of information and so with that in mind, I posted the work in e-book form on my website TheCrowHouse.com and made it available to the entire world as a free download.
It was recently brought to my attention that my free e-book is now for sale on Amazon.com without either, the authors permission, nor any royalties being made available to the author.
Folks, This is a very clear example of the blatant theft of material that has been provided freely for the betterment of humanity that is now being co-opted and used as a method of profit by a quite obviously dishonest and disreputable company which also, very obviously has ruthless disregard for anything but the bank accounts of its board members.
The following is a record of my ongoing correspondence with the profiteering theives the world knows as Amazon.com
07/02/10 14:58:55
Your Name:Maxwell Igan
Comments:
I am the author of the book "Earths Forbidden Secrets". I wrote and distribute the book as a free e book and yet here I find someone selling my work for $11.95 each. I would like the book removed from Amazon, the contact details of who ever is selling it and information on how to commence legal action against them, I would appreciate your help in this matter.
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Amazon.com's copyright agent the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying Amazon.com and its affiliates that your copyrighted material has been infringed.
- An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
- A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
- A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
- Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
- A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Amazon.com's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site can be reached as follows:
Copyright Agent
Amazon.com Legal Department
P.O. Box 81226
Seattle, WA 98108-1226
phone: (206) 266-4064
fax: (206) 266-7010
e-mail: copyright@amazon.com
Thank you for taking the time to contact us about this matter.
I wrote the book "Earths Forbidden Secrets" and I am the sole owner of this work. I have made it available to the world for free. I have not given Amazon permission to sell and profit from my work therefore selling it without my permission is unacceptable regardless. My website gets an average of 48,000 hits per day and I am an internationally syndicated radio talk show host and I will most definitely be bringing Amazons theft and blatant profiteering of my work to the attention of a great many people on my next radio broadcast and posting an article regarding this theft of my work on my website thecrowhouse.com within the next 24 hours if the work is not removed immediately and financial reimbursement for the copies that Amazon has already sold is not made to the owner of this work immediately
I'm sorry to hear that your book "Earths Forbidden Secrets" is being sold on our website without your permission.
We have a separate department for authors where they can submit their questions. Therefore, I request you to contact the author department using the given link below.
Our Catalog Guide outlines ways authors and publishers can contact us about images and content, including listing new items, submitting corrections, enhancing the product detail page, and adding to the variety of information customers use to make a purchasing decision. You'll find the guide at:
As my colleague previously mentioned, if you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Amazon.com's copyright agent the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying Amazon.com and its affiliates that your copyrighted material has been infringed.
- An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
- A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
- A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
- Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
- A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Amazon.com's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site can be reached as follows:
Copyright Agent
Amazon.com Legal Department
P.O. Box 81226
Seattle, WA 98108-1226
phone: (206) 266-4064
fax: (206) 266-7010
e-mail: copyright@amazon.com
You can obtain complete information about copyrighting generally from the following Library of Congress web page:
Times up. Enjoy the Webpage, Enjoy next weeks Radio Show and Youtbe clip (I'll send you a link) Enjoy the negative publicity and hate mail and enjoy the lawsuit..
We received your recent email stating that there is a version of the following book being sold in the Kindle Store that you have not authorized for sale. This book was made available by a third party:
Earths Forbidden Secrets by Max Igan; B003EV5RHI
As a result, we have removed this title from the Kindle store. If you have a similar concern in the future, please write copyright@amazon.com.
