Frequently Asked Questions about Copyrights and the DMCA

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 ## **BookID copyright protection system**
 ## **How does Scribd protect intellectual property?**
 Scribd is fully compliant with the DMCA and complies with all applicable laws. Scribd responds to valid notifications of copyright infringement within 2 business days. Scribd has also developed BookID, an automated copyright protection system that helps to safeguard intellectual property on Scribd.com and in the Scribd mobile app. BookID scans every document uploaded to Scribd and removes those that have the same, or a substantially similar, fingerprint. BookID intermittently scans the entire Scribd library to remove matching content that was uploaded prior to fingerprinting. BookID's approach reduces misidentifications and enables the detection of infringing works even if they have been altered to some degree.
+[Learn more abou BookID](https://support.scribd.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037497152)
 ## **What is BookID?**
 BookID is Scribd's automated copyright protection system. Scribd developed BookID to help safeguard intellectual property on Scribd.com and in the Scribd mobile app.
+[Learn more about BookID](https://support.scribd.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037497152)
 ## **How does BookID work?**
 BookID algorithmically analyzes computer-readable text for semantic data that it then encodes into a digital "fingerprint." BookID stores the fingerprints of known copyrighted works on a secure server that is inaccessible to the Internet and the general public.
 BookID scans every document uploaded to Scribd and removes those that have the same, or a substantially similar, fingerprint. BookID intermittently scans the entire Scribd library to remove matching content that was uploaded prior to fingerprinting. BookID's approach reduces misidentifications and enables the detection of infringing works even if they have been altered to some degree.
+[Learn more about BookID](https://support.scribd.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037497152)
 ## **When is content fingerprinted by BookID?**
 Content is fingerprinted by BookID when:
 - it is uploaded directly to BookID by a verified author or publisher enrolled in the BookID for Authors and Publishers Program;
 - it is added to Scribd's subscription reading and listening service through a verified publisher or distributor.
 - it is removed from Scribd pursuant to a DMCA notification.
+[Learn more about BookID](https://support.scribd.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037497152)
 ## **Is BookID guaranteed to detect all copyright infringements?**
 No. BookID relies on computer-readable text, which is not necessarily the same as text that is readable by humans. Content scanned from paper sources may not contain computer-readable text, which makes those sources unsuitable for fingerprinting. Similarly, text that is encoded with optical character recognition (OCR) technology may contain garbled or partial data. These conditions make it very difficult, if not impossible, to detect matches.
 BookID's fingerprint scanner cannot detect specific keywords, titles, names, copyright notices, or other disclaimers that are part of a document's text. In other words, BookID cannot be programmed to block all documents that contain a book's title. Likewise, BookID cannot translate different languages. If BookID fingerprints an English-language document, it can only detect subsequent uploads that are also in English.