Comments on: Blast Copyright Pirates out of the Water

By: Danielle Binks

Danielle Binks — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 22:57:16 +0000

In reply to Laura Drake. Yes ... you do. You do.

By: Laura Drake

Laura Drake — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 22:39:21 +0000

In reply to Danielle Binks. Danielle, You're right - you do have to research, and check the actual page itself, to be sure it's legitimately infringing.

By: Danielle Binks

Danielle Binks — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 22:35:16 +0000

Yeah, hi - um ... I am a book reviewer on my personal blog, and I don't know you but I received a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) from blogger for one of my posts that you've requested be taken down. It was a request to take down my review of Jojo Moyes's "Me Before You" ... which doesn't infringe on any copyright, but clearly by 'blasting' copyright infringements via Google alerts for your own works, my review of a romance book just had a lot of the same searchable words as you'd find in the blurb of your own romance book, so without checking you did a blanket DMCA of anything you got Google-alerted to? It's fine, I've sent a counter-claim through the DMCA - but just be aware that this is a really imperfect process if you blindly claim copyright infringement without double-checking. If you rely on Google alerts for this, you'll find yourself blanketing a lot of book blogs (probably the very book bloggers who mostly review romance titles) and that's probably not great optics for your readership. Thanks,

By: Andrea Warren

Andrea Warren — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:26:28 +0000

A technical question: the Blasty site says I must have Google Chrome. Been trying to follow the instructions to install it and am getting nowhere. I have a Mac Air. Is there some secret to installation that I don't know? I'm not crazy that Chrome also insists that I install it on my i-phone, but what can you do. . . . Thanks for any help--

By: writersideup

writersideup — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 02:33:17 +0000

LOVE this, Laura. Thank you 😀 I hope to one day have a book to use it for 😀

By: jenny Tavernier

jenny Tavernier — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:38:12 +0000

Now this is interesting! Not only books/ebooks, but wonder if it can be configured for other creative uses, (say music, songs,articles, photos. etc.) Shared on FB

By: Laura Drake

Laura Drake — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 22:45:16 +0000

In reply to littlemissw. Littlemissw - it is free while in Beta testing. I don't know how long they'll stay in Beta testing. What's in it for them, is they can refine the process, and make the product better before they start charging for it. Beta users are 'testers'.

By: littlemissw

littlemissw — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 21:45:43 +0000

I've never even thought of book piracy! I know about film piracy (the same way most people do which is...you know...by being bad and not paying for films.) This is really interesting and something I'd want to use if I ever get published. Is it free only during the Beta testing phase? What's in it for Blasty?

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 17:45:35 +0000

In reply to Laura Drake. Okay, so at least the ones you blast take them down. That's a bonus.

By: LauraDrake

LauraDrake — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 10:31:12 +0000

In reply to Cassandra L Shaw. Cassandra, they must be swamped right now - or there's something wrong. Please follow up with them. I've had great customer service....