Buyer Beware – MyPadMedia

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Posted By: Zek

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It sounds great…”Unlimited books and comics for your iPad!”

But what is MyPadMedia? Well, it is a site that promises the holy grail to readers: pay them $50 ONCE, and the floodgates open for unlimited books. What books? Well, you need to pay to play, my friends. There’s a testimonial that claims to have read “the whole twilight series”, but if you want more you need to pony up some serious dough, sight unseen.

From all appearances, it is a huge scam.

Red flag #1: no searchable listings. Pay up, but they won’t tell you what you’re paying for!

Red flag #2: no mention of what publishers are on board.

Red flag #3: no mention of any digital rights management software.

Red flag #4: the legal section of their site:

They aren’t actually providing the copyrighted material…

Product Purchase The purchase of a membership is not a license to upload or download copyrighted material. myPadMedia.com does not provide a direct database for downloading myPadMedia.com provides members with the necessary software, tutorials & unlimited technical support for their downloading needs.

Not only that, but they say here it’s a “monthly” fee…

myPadMedia makes no claim to ownership or other control or rights to any software recommended by myPadMedia or its agents. All software recommendations refer to either “Freeware” or software that is otherwise available without charge to individuals at large for specific purposes. None of the charges assessed to members of myPadMedia entitle You, as a Purchaser to any ownership, licensing rights or recourse with regard to use of the software other than those rights offered by the software owners or licensees. The fees and charges assessed by myPadMedia represent recurring monthly club membership fees which entitle You as a Purchaser to access to the location, evaluation, and or recommendation of those software products available from the web site and for the information provided to purchasers. myPadMedia Members may cancel at anytime during the course of their membership.

And they aren’t responsible when you get slammed for downloading pirated books…

Indemnification You agree to indemnify, hold harmless and release myPadMedia, its directors, officers, and employees, from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising from or related to Your use of the Site and/or any content contained therein

Everything about this screams “This is a site that helps/facilitates searching the darknet/bittorrent for pirated ebooks.”

Verdict: HUGE SCAM. Stay away. And beware, they are spamming Twitter (Judie received a tweet about them today, which is how we found out about the site!)

Please share this and spread the word so no one falls victim to MyPadMedia! And if you have any info on them, email me or post a comment below!

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About the Author

Zek
Zek has been a gadget fiend for a long time, going back to their first PDA (a Palm M100). They quickly went from researching what PDA to buy to following tech news closely and keeping up with the latest and greatest stuff. They love writing about ebooks because they combine their two favorite activities; reading anything and everything, and talking about fun new tech toys. What could be better?

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27 Comments on "Buyer Beware – MyPadMedia"

  1. travisehrlich | May 3, 2010 at 6:31 pm |

    RT @geardiary: Buyer beware-MyPadMedia http://bit.ly/9NSUQ8

  3. questionfear | May 3, 2010 at 6:46 pm |

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  4. questionfear | May 3, 2010 at 6:46 pm |

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  5. Marianne Schultz | May 3, 2010 at 6:54 pm |

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  6. Marianne Schultz | May 3, 2010 at 6:54 pm |

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  7. Don | May 3, 2010 at 6:58 pm |

    RT @_macgirl: RT @GearDiarySite: Buyer beware-MyPadMedia http://goo.gl/fb/WoTMQ

  8. Terri Stratton | May 3, 2010 at 7:05 pm |

    RT @geardiary: http://www.geardiary.com/2010/05/03/buyer-beware-mypadmedia/ when it sounds too good to be true … :-/

  9. dino | May 3, 2010 at 7:13 pm |

    RT @geardiary http://www.geardiary.com/2010/05/03/buyer-beware-mypadmedia/ when it sounds too good to be true … :-/

  10. danc | May 3, 2010 at 7:53 pm |

    RT @questionfear: Spread the word, don't get suckered in! RT @GearDiarySite Buyer beware-MyPadMedia http://goo.gl/fb/WoTMQ

  12. Alexandra Salomon | May 5, 2010 at 7:44 am |

    Watch out for the iPad scams… RT @geardiary: Buyer beware MyPadMedia.com http://bit.ly/9NSUQ8 #in

  13. Michael Anderson | May 6, 2010 at 11:42 am |

    The hilarious thing is that I was reading a very similar article about PSP Download Sites by Matt Peckham. The bottom line is always this – why would the publisher sanction some getting hundreds or even thousands of dollars of their games for $50? From that article (might sound familiar):
    “purport to dish up all-you-can-eat gaming for a one-time fee that ranges from $35 to $45. They offer promises like “download as much as you want at no extra cost,” that “all memberships are backed up with a 1 week money back guarantee,” that they’re not a “pay-per-download service,” and that “all memberships include easy transferring software.””

    Here is a link to the article at PC World:
    http://www.pcworld.com/article/195324/how_to_avoid_playstation_game_download_scams.html

  14. dino | May 6, 2010 at 12:28 pm |

    RT @geardiary: Buyer beware-MyPadMedia http://bit.ly/9NSUQ8

  16. Satoshi SUDO | May 8, 2010 at 3:25 am |

    RT @kurikiyo: ??????mypadMedia ????????????????????????????????????? http://www.geardiary.com/2010/05/03/buyer-beware-mypadmedia/

  17. Discordian Info | May 20, 2010 at 12:12 am |

    If it's too good to be true it's almost certainly a scam. Avoid mypadmedia for #iPad http://j.mp/d4sfBz

  18. meinck | June 20, 2010 at 3:50 pm |

    Poor job by @hostgator, refusing to stop myPadMedia from spamming sites. Good job supporting this type of clientele. http://bit.ly/bkKNY5

  19. Marianne Schultz | June 20, 2010 at 10:55 pm |

    RT @meinck: Poor job by @hostgator, refusing to stop myPadMedia from spamming sites. Good job supporting this type of clientele. http://bit.ly/bkKNY5

  20. Eric J. Arevalo | July 26, 2010 at 11:20 pm |

    RT @geardiary: Buyer Beware – MyPadMedia #Books and eBooks http://bit.ly/9NSUQ8

  21. Patrick Buttimer | July 27, 2010 at 12:21 am |

    RT @mark1786: You can access the newest iPad newspapers here for free : http://bit.ly/91lzeD?=mje0 << SCAM http://bit.ly/9lrqRe SCAM

  22. jtany | August 16, 2010 at 8:55 pm |

    thought I stumbled upon the holy grail of Ebooks but it's a SCAM.That's right, mypadmedia & ebooklibrary.me!SCAM! http://tinyurl.com/29clshy

  24. Carly Z | June 2, 2012 at 2:54 pm |

    It’s a waste of money. They are selling you free stuff.

    You want to piss away $50, be my guest. But a google search for “free and public domain ebooks” will get you the same results. For free
    Have fun.

  25. Michael Anderson | June 2, 2012 at 2:56 pm |

    Oops … I just marked the comment as spam … looked like one of the ‘user recommendation’ names from their site …

  26. Judie Stanford | June 2, 2012 at 2:57 pm |

    I did, too! Just deleted it!! Lol

    Judie Lipsett Stanford
    http://www.geardiary.com

  27. Eileen McManus | November 13, 2012 at 12:39 pm |

    I had MyPadMedia for a while and then the site went down…I decided to do some research while maintainence was being done and I found not a whole lot…then one day I went back to the site to log in to my account and the site was gone!…then I did some research of my own and I found this site…thanks for clearing up the mypadmedia thing and I love your site.

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