[AP] The magazine industry, already facing a decline in newsstand sales and falling ad revenue, is being besieged by a new foe: digital piracy.A fledgling Web site called Mygazines.com encourages people to copy and upload popular magazines that are currently on newsstands. Visitors can read high-quality digital copies of dozens of current titles, including People, Men’s Health and The Economist, in their entirety.The site, with some 16,000 registered users as of Friday, is a “flagrant” violation of copyright laws, according to legal experts – but it is run by an offshore company of specious origin, making it difficult to shut down.
http://news.theage.com.au/technology/new-magazinesharing-site-may-violate-copyrights-20080816-3whm.html
http://news.smh.com.au/technology/new-magazinesharing-site-may-violate-copyrights-20080816-3whm.html
http://www.thestate.com/techwire/story/491555.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081502406.html
New magazine-sharing site may violate copyrights
The magazine industry, already facing a decline in newsstand sales and falling ad revenue, is being besieged by a new foe: digital piracy. A fledgling Web site called Mygazines.com encourages people to copy and upload popular magazines that are currently on newsstands. Visitors can read high-quality digital copies of dozens of current titles, including People, Men’s Health and The Economist, in their entirety.