Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2012
Dangdang Digital Library offers e-books for free without authorization; multiple publishers demand takedown
Dangdang Digital Library offered e-book reading to the public for free, and multiple publishers said they had not authorized it and demanded the immediate takedown of infringing e-books; Dangdang responded that the service was in a testing phase and promised to comply with copyright agreements. Progress: media report. Involved entity: Dangdang. Related scope: Dangdang's e-book business (the predecessor of Dangdang Cloud Reading).