Amazon Self-Publishers Eye Emerging Legal Arena to Fight Piracy
Self-published authors must constantly battle counterfeits when they choose to publish with Amazon, a vertically integrated powerhouse that they don’t always find responsive to or proactive about infringement claims. A new small-claims court could provide a fresh avenue to recover revenue lost to counterfeit sales, but Amazon’s restrictive author contracts and the sheer number of third-party sellers on the platform spur questions about how effective any after-the-fact legal remedy can be.
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