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“I just saw your ebook on eBay!”
I’m sure that subject line is one that you never want to see for real right? Well relax, I didn’t really see your stuff on eBay, but I didn’t check, so who knows?
The truth is, this stuff happens all the time. I was doing some research for a guide I wanted to buy just the other day, and about 7 listings down the front page of Google’s search results was a forum marketplace listing for the very same eBook, being sold by some punk kid with a lot of guts and probably no idea what he was doing (the pros aren’t so obvious).
But what I am trying to get at here is that people are getting ripped off big time online these days, and because we spend all of our time focused on the more positive and productive aspects of our business, we fail to see all the lost revenue poor away from under our noses.
I’m not saying you can wipe our piracy entirely, but you sure can take steps to keep a lid on it:
1. Make sure your download pages are not visible in the search engines.
Use a proper piece of software to deliver digital downloads to legitimate customers. This will ensure that if someone is going to rip you off, they’ll have to pay you first to try.
2. Consider password protecting your digital material.
Whilst this may add further complications to set up, it means that the only way someone can steal your material is to copy and past it all out from inside the material itself, which leads me onto…
3. Make your eBook/software copy proof.
There are actually pieces of software and settings you can apply to your usual eBook creating software that will prevent people from right clicking and copying highlighted text. As for software, there are lots of ways to encrypt the source code.
4. Copyright your material
This is probably the most important step, as a copyright works to both enforce your claims against someone else who has ripped you off, but also to protect yourself from other people claiming against YOU as being the one who copied their idea. A copyright can verify who “got there first” and the person who did so will win the case and be able to claim subsequent damages (often likely to be well into the thousands)
Listen, if you are serious about your online business, you need to pay attention to this often overlooked aspect of online business. There are far too many good people going down in flames who simply didn’t know better…don’t be one of them.
Protect Your Online Assets Reviewed
And because it’s pretty easy to set all these legalities up with the right advice, it’s just not worth avoiding. Here’s how to get yourself protected before you end up having to shell out for a lawyer…
Warm regards,
Hashim Kamal
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