FilePost replaces FileSonic As Copyright Infringers' Favourite

For at least three years, a copyright infringer has eluded authorities, possibly because the "red flag" provisions under the existing DMCA are not invoked by copyright owners, and because "red flags" are liberally interpreted by the Online Service Providers who profit from piracy.

Every day, give or take, he sends out messages to his yahoo ( thefreebievipclub@yahoo.com) and google group (freebookclub@googlegroups.com ) members, asking them to "Subscribe" for access to his illegal links to file hosting sites (that usually pay him commissions on memberships and bounties on thousands of downloads). He also encourages them to subscribe to the hosting site, so they will be able to download more goodies at faster speeds.

The reason this guy outrages me beyond all reason is that he will publish and distribute multiple books by the same author in the same collection. This can be devastating to careers. It's illegal, copyright infringement, to publish and distribute any e-book without the permission of the author.

In one recent "collection", he targets Susan Mallery and gives away to his paying "VIP" members TWENTY THREE of Susan Mallery's novels. Twenty three of them!

He also infringes the copyright of Amazon's reviewers. Amazon knows about this, and apparently does not mind.

 For instance, this is what is on the pirate site (Social Go hosted).

Falling for Gracie

When Gracie Ladon was 14 she became famous in her hometown, Los Lobos, California, for her obsession with 18 year old Riley Whitefield. She followed him everywhere and proclaimed her love for him. Finally when he was forced to marry his pregnant girlfriend, Gracie's mother shipped her off to live with her aunt and uncle. Now after 14 years, Gracie is returning to her hometown. A well known wedding cake designer, Gracie has been asked to make the wedding cake for her younger sister's wedding. Her family refuses to see that Gracie has grown up. Her mother and sisters seem to be waiting for Gracie to make a fool of herself again and Gracie feels as if it wasn't for needing to make the wedding cake they wouldn't have invited her home at all. Riley returned home shortly before Gracie only to discover that his uncle left him millions of dollars. An inheritance he can only receive if he is elected mayor of Los Lobos. When Gracie and Riley meet again as adults they are surprised to find that they are attracted to each other. Riley can't believe that the pretty and confident woman standing in front of him is the girl who used to terrorize him. It doesn't take long for passion to flare between them. But Riley's unscrupulous opponent is determined to use Gracie against Riley in the election and someone seems to be deliberately trying to ruin Gracie's business. Can Riley and Gracie figure out who is behind all the sabotage and get Riley elected mayor?

Falling For Gracie is one of the best Susan Mallery books that I've read. You quickly come to care about Gracie and want her to finally get the guy, save her business and kick some sense into her family. Sexy and fun, Falling For Gracie is a book I can't recommend highly enough.

This is on the Amazon page. As I say, I've told the Bezos office, and received a response (in the past). I have also sent a note to the reviewer.

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun and sexy contemporary romance, March 15, 2005

By 

M. Nix - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Falling For Gracie (Mass Market Paperback)

When Gracie Ladon was 14 she became famous in her hometown, Los Lobos, California, for her obsession with 18 year old Riley Whitefield. She followed him everywhere and proclaimed her love for him. Finally when he was forced to marry his pregnant girlfriend, Gracie's mother shipped her off to live with her aunt and uncle. Now after 14 years, Gracie is returning to her hometown. A well known wedding cake designer, Gracie has been asked to make the wedding cake for her younger sister's wedding. Her family refuses to see that Gracie has grown up. Her mother and sisters seem to be waiting for Gracie to make a fool of herself again and Gracie feels as if it wasn't for needing to make the wedding cake they wouldn't have invited her home at all. Riley returned home shortly before Gracie only to discover that his uncle left him millions of dollars. An inheritance he can only receive if he is elected mayor of Los Lobos. When Gracie and Riley meet again as adults they are surprised to find that they are attracted to each other. Riley can't believe that the pretty and confident woman standing in front of him is the girl who used to terrorize him. It doesn't take long for passion to flare between them. But Riley's unscrupulous opponent is determined to use Gracie against Riley in the election and someone seems to be deliberately trying to ruin Gracie's business. Can Riley and Gracie figure out who is behind all the sabotage and get Riley elected mayor?

Falling For Gracie is one of the best Susan Mallery books that I've read. You quickly come to care about Gracie and want her to finally get the guy, save her business and kick some sense into her family. Sexy and fun, Falling For Gracie is a book I can't recommend highly enough.

Melissa
Reviewed for Enchanted in Romance
http://www.enchantedinromance.com/

I believe that Melissa is the owner of the fantastic Romance Review site http://www.joyfullyreviewed.com/
It is well worth a visit, whether you are an author seeking reputable established review sites, or a reader looking for integrity in reviews.


With the arrest of MegaUpload last week, a lot of the file hosting sites cleaned up their act. Five days ago, I received this message from the pirate known as "Freebie Master".

Dear Members

Please read the important message by clicking the link below, we could
do with a little help, but we will make it worth your while!

Those of you that are not currently members of the VIP club will also
be given 'Complimentary VIP Membership' by special invitation, as an
added bonus for your help!

hp://thefreebiegroup.com/images/GIVEMEMONEY.html

Regards
Max
VIP Club Admin

By the way, I have messed with the link. I wouldn't want anyone to use Visa or other credit card services to actually give this thief money. This is what was at the end of the link:

Dear VIP Members

I have managed to find an alternative to the Filesonic links problem with a new service called Filespost.

I need a little help from our vip members to move things over to the new service. It's going to cost a few hundred dollars to make the move, but unfortunately I don't have enough in the vip club account to do it at present.

I am therefore asking for a small $5 donation to help the club. Those members that can afford it, will not be forgotten, and I will make sure that they get a special package of goodies, sometime next week for their much appreciated donation. As most of you know, we are a non profit organisation, and the little we earn from advertising, goes to hosting and spreading the word.

Once the new service is set up, I will have new links with you in a couple of days

Here is the Paypal link to make your donation. Please donate if you can!

Regards

Max

VIP Club Admin

See lower down this post for the source code.

On Thursday, Max sent the following message:

Dear Members

Things seem to be settling down a bit since the Megaupload shakeup...
thankfully! Although, the 'uploaders' (the people who upload files on
these sites and we get out links from) seem to have 'scattered' and
are using many new sites (obviously testing the water themselves),
which does cause us a few problems, as I prefer to find stuff that has
the same download links, otherwise, members have to get premium
accounts with several sites (too expensive!) to get the faster/
multiple downloads.

The good news for our VIP members so far, is that Filepost and their
links seem to be OK, so it's still a good time to join the VIP Club!

There is a new 'Club Mix' (samples, coupons & freebie links) and VIP
Review (join the VIP club to get 300-400 extra goodies every week!) to
look at today!

Help your family and friends by forwarding this email to them. In the
present economic climate, they will definitely appreciate the thought!

Click below to find the page


LINKS REMOVED


Note: If you are not receiving our emails at any time, check your spam/
junk mail folder. Sometimes, for some strange reason, they can end up
in there!


Regards
Max
Club Admin

Now, honestly, is there any room for doubt that this guy knows that what he is doing is illegal? Would any reasonable VIP member reading this be tricked into thinking this is "Free Speech"?

Here are some of the complimentary "goodies" this pirate has given away recently.

HAYWIRE... the movie. Less than 5 days since it was first released to movie theatres. It is still being advertised on TV.

If you want to check out the history of MOVIES that this guy gave away on April 12th 2011 (via Filesonic which has now disabled all copyrighted links) look at what he shared on his GOOGLE owned Picasa page
https://picasaweb.google.com/114970906932585710325/MovieMix15

Here's a screen capture of just some of the stuff on the "Paul Whittaker" page. Each image is the "cover" for a collection of between 20 and 300 other works, except for the bonus days, when he gives away a few thousand e-books.

These links were from the FILESONIC hosting days, so this is purely as an example. Eventually, Filespost will be as bad.

Games Mix 3

Apr 10, 2011

photos: 46

Audio Books 7

Book Mix 101

Apr 8, 2011

photos: 100

Book Mix 102

Apr 8, 2011

photos: 123

Movie Mix 11

photos: 71

Music Mix 12

Apr 6, 2011

photos: 43

Magazine Mix 7

Apr 5, 2011

That's enough. You get the idea. This pirate cannot be immensely smart. His holiday photos of his adventures with local women are also included.

Source for emails from the Yahoo and Google groups

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