The AAP’s Online Piracy Working Group is close to finalizing recommendations of best practices to encourage file-sharing sites “to be more proactive to prevent infringements” of books. The group hopes to move these sites beyond simply responding to takedown notices, “to install filters or take other measures to stop unauthorized copies of books from appearing on their services,” the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. The AAP’s Ed McCoyd says they plan to meet with several file-sharing sites over the next few weeks to present those recommendations. Legal director for Wiley Maria Danzilo says “The whole point of these best practices […]
