“Without permission of the authors, Scribd maintains copies of authors’ works for use in a copyright protection system,” according to the suit. “Once a copyrighted work is uploaded to Scribd without the copyright holder’s permission, the infringement is ongoing and permanent. Even if the work becomes unavailable for download by users, Scribd illegally copies the work into its copyright protection system, without permission or compensation to the author.” via wired.com Scribd is willing to take down any content reported as breach of copyright as well as using technology to prevent future violations... for this they are being sued? The mind boggles as to why an author would want to sue a company in support of copyright protection... Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Michael Air