Napster, Grooveshark and Hotfile. YouTube, RapidShare and Pirate Bay. Google Books, ebookfreedownload and greylib. Some are, or were, outright thieves’ markets for stolen goods – music, motion pictures, television programs, books – while others have just occasionally been clueless about the concept of copyright. Whether they even bother hiding behind the self-righteous (and baseless) banner of “freedom of information” or just shrug and admit that they are selling something that doesn’t rightfully belong to them, these and many other online sites are making millions of dollars a year by selling other people’s creative efforts. Continue reading »