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> The most annoying is piracy that Amazon could prevent with the work of an intern.

Do tell. In the gigantic ocean that is Amazon's marketplace, what do you suppose a single intern could do that would not be immediately circumvented?



Check to see if the name of the person uploading the book matches the author.


Downvoters need to explain the downvote.

It seems more complicated than that - Publishers (representing more authors), pseudonyms (and pluri-pseudonyms) etc. - but not dramatically so. A battery of people (human level intelligence) will check to validate the "upload" process, and automation aided.

Already now: what checks that John is not selling Jack's work? The mechanism is similar.


At 100 Hz.




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