<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Deb,</div><div><br></div><div>I might alert Amazon regarding the Kindle version and copyright, assuming that content is was put up there.</div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201995100">https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201995100</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Also, one can alert Google if such content appears in their search results or other Google apps.</div><a href="https://support.google.com/legal/answer/3110420?hl=en">https://support.google.com/legal/answer/3110420?hl=en</a><div><br></div><div>I don't have expertise in these matters, but perhaps now is also the time to copyright the material?</div><div><br></div><div>Good luck,</div><div><br></div><div>-dave</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Dave Ruderman (he/him)<br></b></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 7:20 PM Deborah Chandler via Hidden-discuss <<a href="mailto:hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net">hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Hi folks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(68,68,68)">A friend has written several grade school French language textbooks and is marketing them himself. He printed hard copies with a small publisher. Now, he just discovered yesterday that the publisher has put them up for sale on Amazon, as Kindle editions, not hard copies, but this is without any notification to my friend. My friend needs to take legal action. I am suggesting perhaps a Cease and Desist letter. He does not have a written contract with the publisher, it was a gentleman's agreement with someone he has known for many years. It is really unfortunate that the publisher could not be trusted.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Does anyone have experience with this type of situation? To make this even more complex, this is happening in Kenya. My friend is Congolese, and someone I have known for ten years; he is trustworthy. I have been helping him with design and copy editing on these books, and know the project first-hand, and know it is a labor of love and is how he is supporting himself. However, I have no jurisdiction in taking any action in this situation myself personally. And sadly, my friend does not have funds for hiring an attorney. He has asked me to try to help him figure out a solution. And for sure, Kenya has different laws and legal strategies than here in the US. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(68,68,68)">I will be grateful for any and all feedback and advice you can provide,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Deb </div></div>
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