Comments on: Scribd woos publishers, schools http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/20/scribd-woos-publishers/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:28:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Publishers » Publishers http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/20/scribd-woos-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-689712 Publishers » Publishers Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:28:28 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/20/scribd-woos-publishers/#comment-689712 [...] This new program, called the Qualified Publisher Program (QPP), is for high-volume publishers only. That means it s limited to institutions and individuals with extensive collections. And its aim is to block copyrighted content from … Continue Reading… [...] [...] This new program, called the Qualified Publisher Program (QPP), is for high-volume publishers only. That means it s limited to institutions and individuals with extensive collections. And its aim is to block copyrighted content from … Continue Reading… [...]

]]> By: Scribd Launching Free Programs for Publishers and Students http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/20/scribd-woos-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-688732 Scribd Launching Free Programs for Publishers and Students Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:34:24 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/20/scribd-woos-publishers/#comment-688732 [...] Scribd is the latest to offer free programs targeted at publishers and the educational sector. One program, called the Qualified Publisher Program, lets publishers organize and market their content. It’s intended for high-volume publishers, and will block copyrighted content from being uploaded, according to Venturebeat. [...] [...] Scribd is the latest to offer free programs targeted at publishers and the educational sector. One program, called the Qualified Publisher Program, lets publishers organize and market their content. It’s intended for high-volume publishers, and will block copyrighted content from being uploaded, according to Venturebeat. [...]

]]> By: Eric Eldon http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/20/scribd-woos-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-688508 Eric Eldon Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:43:34 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/20/scribd-woos-publishers/#comment-688508 DivShare claimed it was alive (but for sale) at the end of last month: http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/25/divshare-says-its-for-sale-but-not-dead/ DivShare claimed it was alive (but for sale) at the end of last month:

http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/25/divshare-says-its-for-sale-but-not-dead/

]]> By: Jared Friedman http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/20/scribd-woos-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-688312 Jared Friedman Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:37:32 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/20/scribd-woos-publishers/#comment-688312 (I work at Scribd.) Great article, Leonid. I just want to comment on one minor inaccuracy. You said that publishers who don't join the QPP have to resort to takedown notices, but that is not true. Any valid copyright holder is welcome to join our text matching system, whether they publish works to Scribd or not. Oh, and divShare recently entered the TechCrunch deadpool, so they're probably not much competition. :-) (I work at Scribd.)

Great article, Leonid. I just want to comment on one minor inaccuracy. You said that publishers who don’t join the QPP have to resort to takedown notices, but that is not true. Any valid copyright holder is welcome to join our text matching system, whether they publish works to Scribd or not.

Oh, and divShare recently entered the TechCrunch deadpool, so they’re probably not much competition. :-)

]]> By: mikeb http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/20/scribd-woos-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-688298 mikeb Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:20:36 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/20/scribd-woos-publishers/#comment-688298 >>The company says it plans to draw revenue from the site by introducing an advertising program sometime next year, but it hasn’t announced any details yet. Great... so they're basically going to profit from stolen documents. >>The company says it plans to draw revenue from the site by introducing an advertising program sometime next year, but it hasn’t announced any details yet.

Great… so they’re basically going to profit from stolen documents.

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