In February 2010, Scribd unveiled its first mobile plans for e-readers and

smartphones.[41] In April 2010 Scribd launched a new feature called "Readcast",[42]

which allows automatic sharing of documents on Facebook and Twitter.[43] Also in
April 2010, Scribd announced its integration of Facebook social plug-ins at the
Facebook f8 Developer Conference.[44]

Scribd rolled out a redesign on September 13, 2010 to become, according to

TechCrunch, "the social network for reading".[45]

In October 2013, Scribd launched its e-book subscription service, allowing readers
to pay a flat monthly fee in exchange for unlimited access to all of Scribd's book
titles.[46]

In August 2020, Scribd announced its acquisition of the LinkedIn-owned SlideShare

for an undisclosed amount. [47]

Financials
The company was initially funded with US$120,000 from Y Combinator in 2006, and
received over US$3.7 million in June 2007 from Redpoint Ventures and The Kinsey
Hills Group.[48][6] In December 2008, the company raised US$9 million in a second
round of funding led by Charles River Ventures with re-investment from Redpoint
Ventures and Kinsey Hills Group.[49] David O. Sacks, former PayPal COO and founder
of Yammer and Geni, joined Scribd's board of directors in January 2010.[50]

In January 2011, Scribd raised an additional US$13 million in a round led by MLC
Investments of Australia and SVB Capital.[51] In January 2015, the company raised
US$22 million in new funding from Khosla Ventures with partner Keith Rabois joining
the Scribd board of directors.[52]

In 2019, Scribd raised $58 million in new funding led by growth firm Spectrum
Equity. [53]

Technology
In July 2008, Scribd began using iPaper, a rich document format similar to PDF
built for the web, which allows users to embed documents into a web page.[54]
iPaper was built with Adobe Flash, allowing it to be viewed the same across
different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) without conversion, as
long as the reader has Flash installed (although Scribd has announced non-Flash
support for the iPhone).[55] All major document types can be formatted into iPaper
including Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, OpenDocument documents,
OpenOffice.org XML documents, and PostScript files.

All iPaper documents are hosted on Scribd. Scribd allows published documents to
either be private or open to the larger Scribd community. The iPaper document
viewer is also embeddable in any website or blog, making it simple to embed
documents in their original layout regardless of file format. Scribd iPaper
required Flash cookies to be enabled, which is the default setting in Flash.[56]

On May 5, 2010, Scribd announced that they would be converting the entire site to
HTML5 at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.[57] TechCrunch reported that
Scribd is migrating away from Flash to HTML5. "Scribd co-founder and chief
technology officer Jared Friedman tells me: 'We are scrapping three years of Flash
development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a
dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a
Web page.'"[58][59]

Scribd has its own API to integrate external/third-party applications,[60] but is

no longer offering new API accounts.[61]
Since 2010, Scribd has been available on mobile phones and e-readers, in addition
to personal computers. As of December 2013, Scribd became available on app stores
and various mobile devices.[citation needed]

Reception
Accusations of copyright infringement
Scribd has been accused of copyright infringement. In September 2009, American
author Elaine Scott alleged that Scribd "shamelessly profits from the stolen
copyrighted works of innumerable authors".[62] Her attorneys sought class action
status in their efforts to win damages from Scribd for allegedly "egregious
copyright infringement" and accused it of calculated copyright infringement for
profit.[63][64][65] The suit was dropped in July 2010.[66][67]

In 2007, one year after its inception, Scribd was served with 25 Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices.[68]

The Guardian writes, "Harry Potter author [J.K. Rowling] is among writers shocked
to discover their books available as free downloads. Neil Blair, Rowling’s lawyer,
said the Harry Potter downloads were 'unauthorised and unlawful'...Rowling's novels
aren't the only ones to be available from Scribd. A quick search throws up novels
from Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Jeffrey Archer, Ken Follett, Philippa Gregory, and
J.R.R. Tolkien."[69]

Controversies
In March 2009, the passwords of several Comcast customers were leaked on Scribd.
The passwords were later removed when the news was published by The New York Times.
[70][71][72]

In July 2010, Gigaom reported that the script of In February 2010, Scribd unveiled
its first mobile plans for e-readers and smartphones.[41] In April 2010 Scribd
launched a new feature called "Readcast",[42] which allows automatic sharing of
documents on Facebook and Twitter.[43] Also in April 2010, Scribd announced its
integration of Facebook social plug-ins at the Facebook f8 Developer Conference.
[44]

Scribd rolled out a redesign on September 13, 2010 to become, according to

TechCrunch, "the social network for reading".[45]

In October 2013, Scribd launched its e-book subscription service, allowing readers
to pay a flat monthly fee in exchange for unlimited access to all of Scribd's book
titles.[46]

In August 2020, Scribd announced its acquisition of the LinkedIn-owned SlideShare

for an undisclosed amount. [47]

Financials
The company was initially funded with US$120,000 from Y Combinator in 2006, and
received over US$3.7 million in June 2007 from Redpoint Ventures and The Kinsey
Hills Group.[48][6] In December 2008, the company raised US$9 million in a second
round of funding led by Charles River Ventures with re-investment from Redpoint
Ventures and Kinsey Hills Group.[49] David O. Sacks, former PayPal COO and founder
of Yammer and Geni, joined Scribd's board of directors in January 2010.[50]

In January 2011, Scribd raised an additional US$13 million in a round led by MLC
Investments of Australia and SVB Capital.[51] In January 2015, the company raised
US$22 million in new funding from Khosla Ventures with partner Keith Rabois joining
the Scribd board of directors.[52]

In 2019, Scribd raised $58 million in new funding led by growth firm Spectrum
Equity. [53]

Technology
In July 2008, Scribd began using iPaper, a rich document format similar to PDF
built for the web, which allows users to embed documents into a web page.[54]
iPaper was built with Adobe Flash, allowing it to be viewed the same across
different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) without conversion, as
long as the reader has Flash installed (although Scribd has announced non-Flash
support for the iPhone).[55] All major document types can be formatted into iPaper
including Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, OpenDocument documents,
OpenOffice.org XML documents, and PostScript files.

All iPaper documents are hosted on Scribd. Scribd allows published documents to
either be private or open to the larger Scribd community. The iPaper document
viewer is also embeddable in any website or blog, making it simple to embed
documents in their original layout regardless of file format. Scribd iPaper
required Flash cookies to be enabled, which is the default setting in Flash.[56]

On May 5, 2010, Scribd announced that they would be converting the entire site to
HTML5 at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.[57] TechCrunch reported that
Scribd is migrating away from Flash to HTML5. "Scribd co-founder and chief
technology officer Jared Friedman tells me: 'We are scrapping three years of Flash
development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a
dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a
Web page.'"[58][59]

Scribd has its own API to integrate external/third-party applications,[60] but is

no longer offering new API accounts.[61]

Since 2010, Scribd has been available on mobile phones and e-readers, in addition
to personal computers. As of December 2013, Scribd became available on app stores
and various mobile devices.[citation needed]

Reception
Accusations of copyright infringement
Scribd has been accused of copyright infringement. In September 2009, American
author Elaine Scott alleged that Scribd "shamelessly profits from the stolen
copyrighted works of innumerable authors".[62] Her attorneys sought class action
status in their efforts to win damages from Scribd for allegedly "egregious
copyright infringement" and accused it of calculated copyright infringement for
profit.[63][64][65] The suit was dropped in July 2010.[66][67]

In 2007, one year after its inception, Scribd was served with 25 Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices.[68]

The Guardian writes, "Harry Potter author [J.K. Rowling] is among writers shocked
to discover their books available as free downloads. Neil Blair, Rowling’s lawyer,
said the Harry Potter downloads were 'unauthorised and unlawful'...Rowling's novels
aren't the only ones to be available from Scribd. A quick search throws up novels
from Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Jeffrey Archer, Ken Follett, Philippa Gregory, and
J.R.R. Tolkien."[69]

Controversies
In March 2009, the passwords of several Comcast customers were leaked on Scribd.
The passwords were later removed when the news was published by The New York Times.
[70][71][72]

In July 2010, Gigaom reported that the script of In February 2010, Scribd unveiled
its first mobile plans for e-readers and smartphones.[41] In April 2010 Scribd
launched a new feature called "Readcast",[42] which allows automatic sharing of
documents on Facebook and Twitter.[43] Also in April 2010, Scribd announced its
integration of Facebook social plug-ins at the Facebook f8 Developer Conference.
[44]

Scribd rolled out a redesign on September 13, 2010 to become, according to

TechCrunch, "the social network for reading".[45]

In October 2013, Scribd launched its e-book subscription service, allowing readers
to pay a flat monthly fee in exchange for unlimited access to all of Scribd's book
titles.[46]

In August 2020, Scribd announced its acquisition of the LinkedIn-owned SlideShare

for an undisclosed amount. [47]

Financials
The company was initially funded with US$120,000 from Y Combinator in 2006, and
received over US$3.7 million in June 2007 from Redpoint Ventures and The Kinsey
Hills Group.[48][6] In December 2008, the company raised US$9 million in a second
round of funding led by Charles River Ventures with re-investment from Redpoint
Ventures and Kinsey Hills Group.[49] David O. Sacks, former PayPal COO and founder
of Yammer and Geni, joined Scribd's board of directors in January 2010.[50]

In January 2011, Scribd raised an additional US$13 million in a round led by MLC
Investments of Australia and SVB Capital.[51] In January 2015, the company raised
US$22 million in new funding from Khosla Ventures with partner Keith Rabois joining
the Scribd board of directors.[52]

In 2019, Scribd raised $58 million in new funding led by growth firm Spectrum
Equity. [53]

Technology
In July 2008, Scribd began using iPaper, a rich document format similar to PDF
built for the web, which allows users to embed documents into a web page.[54]
iPaper was built with Adobe Flash, allowing it to be viewed the same across
different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) without conversion, as
long as the reader has Flash installed (although Scribd has announced non-Flash
support for the iPhone).[55] All major document types can be formatted into iPaper
including Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, OpenDocument documents,
OpenOffice.org XML documents, and PostScript files.

All iPaper documents are hosted on Scribd. Scribd allows published documents to
either be private or open to the larger Scribd community. The iPaper document
viewer is also embeddable in any website or blog, making it simple to embed
documents in their original layout regardless of file format. Scribd iPaper
required Flash cookies to be enabled, which is the default setting in Flash.[56]

On May 5, 2010, Scribd announced that they would be converting the entire site to
HTML5 at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.[57] TechCrunch reported that
Scribd is migrating away from Flash to HTML5. "Scribd co-founder and chief
technology officer Jared Friedman tells me: 'We are scrapping three years of Flash
development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a
dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a
Web page.'"[58][59]

Scribd has its own API to integrate external/third-party applications,[60] but is

no longer offering new API accounts.[61]

Since 2010, Scribd has been available on mobile phones and e-readers, in addition
to personal computers. As of December 2013, Scribd became available on app stores
and various mobile devices.[citation needed]

Reception
Accusations of copyright infringement
Scribd has been accused of copyright infringement. In September 2009, American
author Elaine Scott alleged that Scribd "shamelessly profits from the stolen
copyrighted works of innumerable authors".[62] Her attorneys sought class action
status in their efforts to win damages from Scribd for allegedly "egregious
copyright infringement" and accused it of calculated copyright infringement for
profit.[63][64][65] The suit was dropped in July 2010.[66][67]

In 2007, one year after its inception, Scribd was served with 25 Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices.[68]

The Guardian writes, "Harry Potter author [J.K. Rowling] is among writers shocked
to discover their books available as free downloads. Neil Blair, Rowling’s lawyer,
said the Harry Potter downloads were 'unauthorised and unlawful'...Rowling's novels
aren't the only ones to be available from Scribd. A quick search throws up novels
from Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Jeffrey Archer, Ken Follett, Philippa Gregory, and
J.R.R. Tolkien."[69]

Controversies
In March 2009, the passwords of several Comcast customers were leaked on Scribd.
The passwords were later removed when the news was published by The New York Times.
[70][71][72]

In July 2010, Gigaom reported that the script of In February 2010, Scribd unveiled
its first mobile plans for e-readers and smartphones.[41] In April 2010 Scribd
launched a new feature called "Readcast",[42] which allows automatic sharing of
documents on Facebook and Twitter.[43] Also in April 2010, Scribd announced its
integration of Facebook social plug-ins at the Facebook f8 Developer Conference.
[44]

Scribd rolled out a redesign on September 13, 2010 to become, according to

TechCrunch, "the social network for reading".[45]

In October 2013, Scribd launched its e-book subscription service, allowing readers
to pay a flat monthly fee in exchange for unlimited access to all of Scribd's book
titles.[46]

In August 2020, Scribd announced its acquisition of the LinkedIn-owned SlideShare

for an undisclosed amount. [47]

Financials
The company was initially funded with US$120,000 from Y Combinator in 2006, and
received over US$3.7 million in June 2007 from Redpoint Ventures and The Kinsey
Hills Group.[48][6] In December 2008, the company raised US$9 million in a second
round of funding led by Charles River Ventures with re-investment from Redpoint
Ventures and Kinsey Hills Group.[49] David O. Sacks, former PayPal COO and founder
of Yammer and Geni, joined Scribd's board of directors in January 2010.[50]

In January 2011, Scribd raised an additional US$13 million in a round led by MLC
Investments of Australia and SVB Capital.[51] In January 2015, the company raised
US$22 million in new funding from Khosla Ventures with partner Keith Rabois joining
the Scribd board of directors.[52]

In 2019, Scribd raised $58 million in new funding led by growth firm Spectrum
Equity. [53]
Technology
In July 2008, Scribd began using iPaper, a rich document format similar to PDF
built for the web, which allows users to embed documents into a web page.[54]
iPaper was built with Adobe Flash, allowing it to be viewed the same across
different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) without conversion, as
long as the reader has Flash installed (although Scribd has announced non-Flash
support for the iPhone).[55] All major document types can be formatted into iPaper
including Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, OpenDocument documents,
OpenOffice.org XML documents, and PostScript files.

All iPaper documents are hosted on Scribd. Scribd allows published documents to
either be private or open to the larger Scribd community. The iPaper document
viewer is also embeddable in any website or blog, making it simple to embed
documents in their original layout regardless of file format. Scribd iPaper
required Flash cookies to be enabled, which is the default setting in Flash.[56]

On May 5, 2010, Scribd announced that they would be converting the entire site to
HTML5 at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.[57] TechCrunch reported that
Scribd is migrating away from Flash to HTML5. "Scribd co-founder and chief
technology officer Jared Friedman tells me: 'We are scrapping three years of Flash
development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a
dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a
Web page.'"[58][59]

Scribd has its own API to integrate external/third-party applications,[60] but is

no longer offering new API accounts.[61]

Since 2010, Scribd has been available on mobile phones and e-readers, in addition
to personal computers. As of December 2013, Scribd became available on app stores
and various mobile devices.[citation needed]

Reception
Accusations of copyright infringement
Scribd has been accused of copyright infringement. In September 2009, American
author Elaine Scott alleged that Scribd "shamelessly profits from the stolen
copyrighted works of innumerable authors".[62] Her attorneys sought class action
status in their efforts to win damages from Scribd for allegedly "egregious
copyright infringement" and accused it of calculated copyright infringement for
profit.[63][64][65] The suit was dropped in July 2010.[66][67]

In 2007, one year after its inception, Scribd was served with 25 Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices.[68]

The Guardian writes, "Harry Potter author [J.K. Rowling] is among writers shocked
to discover their books available as free downloads. Neil Blair, Rowling’s lawyer,
said the Harry Potter downloads were 'unauthorised and unlawful'...Rowling's novels
aren't the only ones to be available from Scribd. A quick search throws up novels
from Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Jeffrey Archer, Ken Follett, Philippa Gregory, and
J.R.R. Tolkien."[69]

Controversies
In March 2009, the passwords of several Comcast customers were leaked on Scribd.
The passwords were later removed when the news was published by The New York Times.
[70][71][72]

In July 2010, Gigaom reported that the script of In February 2010, Scribd unveiled
its first mobile plans for e-readers and smartphones.[41] In April 2010 Scribd
launched a new feature called "Readcast",[42] which allows automatic sharing of
documents on Facebook and Twitter.[43] Also in April 2010, Scribd announced its
integration of Facebook social plug-ins at the Facebook f8 Developer Conference.
[44]

Scribd rolled out a redesign on September 13, 2010 to become, according to

TechCrunch, "the social network for reading".[45]

In October 2013, Scribd launched its e-book subscription service, allowing readers
to pay a flat monthly fee in exchange for unlimited access to all of Scribd's book
titles.[46]

In August 2020, Scribd announced its acquisition of the LinkedIn-owned SlideShare

for an undisclosed amount. [47]

Financials
The company was initially funded with US$120,000 from Y Combinator in 2006, and
received over US$3.7 million in June 2007 from Redpoint Ventures and The Kinsey
Hills Group.[48][6] In December 2008, the company raised US$9 million in a second
round of funding led by Charles River Ventures with re-investment from Redpoint
Ventures and Kinsey Hills Group.[49] David O. Sacks, former PayPal COO and founder
of Yammer and Geni, joined Scribd's board of directors in January 2010.[50]

In January 2011, Scribd raised an additional US$13 million in a round led by MLC
Investments of Australia and SVB Capital.[51] In January 2015, the company raised
US$22 million in new funding from Khosla Ventures with partner Keith Rabois joining
the Scribd board of directors.[52]

In 2019, Scribd raised $58 million in new funding led by growth firm Spectrum
Equity. [53]

Technology
In July 2008, Scribd began using iPaper, a rich document format similar to PDF
built for the web, which allows users to embed documents into a web page.[54]
iPaper was built with Adobe Flash, allowing it to be viewed the same across
different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) without conversion, as
long as the reader has Flash installed (although Scribd has announced non-Flash
support for the iPhone).[55] All major document types can be formatted into iPaper
including Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, OpenDocument documents,
OpenOffice.org XML documents, and PostScript files.

All iPaper documents are hosted on Scribd. Scribd allows published documents to
either be private or open to the larger Scribd community. The iPaper document
viewer is also embeddable in any website or blog, making it simple to embed
documents in their original layout regardless of file format. Scribd iPaper
required Flash cookies to be enabled, which is the default setting in Flash.[56]

On May 5, 2010, Scribd announced that they would be converting the entire site to
HTML5 at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.[57] TechCrunch reported that
Scribd is migrating away from Flash to HTML5. "Scribd co-founder and chief
technology officer Jared Friedman tells me: 'We are scrapping three years of Flash
development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a
dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a
Web page.'"[58][59]

Scribd has its own API to integrate external/third-party applications,[60] but is

no longer offering new API accounts.[61]

Since 2010, Scribd has been available on mobile phones and e-readers, in addition
to personal computers. As of December 2013, Scribd became available on app stores
and various mobile devices.[citation needed]

Reception
Accusations of copyright infringement
Scribd has been accused of copyright infringement. In September 2009, American
author Elaine Scott alleged that Scribd "shamelessly profits from the stolen
copyrighted works of innumerable authors".[62] Her attorneys sought class action
status in their efforts to win damages from Scribd for allegedly "egregious
copyright infringement" and accused it of calculated copyright infringement for
profit.[63][64][65] The suit was dropped in July 2010.[66][67]

In 2007, one year after its inception, Scribd was served with 25 Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices.[68]

The Guardian writes, "Harry Potter author [J.K. Rowling] is among writers shocked
to discover their books available as free downloads. Neil Blair, Rowling’s lawyer,
said the Harry Potter downloads were 'unauthorised and unlawful'...Rowling's novels
aren't the only ones to be available from Scribd. A quick search throws up novels
from Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Jeffrey Archer, Ken Follett, Philippa Gregory, and
J.R.R. Tolkien."[69]

Controversies
In March 2009, the passwords of several Comcast customers were leaked on Scribd.
The passwords were later removed when the news was published by The New York Times.
[70][71][72]

In July 2010, Gigaom reported that the script of In February 2010, Scribd unveiled
its first mobile plans for e-readers and smartphones.[41] In April 2010 Scribd
launched a new feature called "Readcast",[42] which allows automatic sharing of
documents on Facebook and Twitter.[43] Also in April 2010, Scribd announced its
integration of Facebook social plug-ins at the Facebook f8 Developer Conference.
[44]

Scribd rolled out a redesign on September 13, 2010 to become, according to

TechCrunch, "the social network for reading".[45]

In October 2013, Scribd launched its e-book subscription service, allowing readers
to pay a flat monthly fee in exchange for unlimited access to all of Scribd's book
titles.[46]

In August 2020, Scribd announced its acquisition of the LinkedIn-owned SlideShare

for an undisclosed amount. [47]

Financials
The company was initially funded with US$120,000 from Y Combinator in 2006, and
received over US$3.7 million in June 2007 from Redpoint Ventures and The Kinsey
Hills Group.[48][6] In December 2008, the company raised US$9 million in a second
round of funding led by Charles River Ventures with re-investment from Redpoint
Ventures and Kinsey Hills Group.[49] David O. Sacks, former PayPal COO and founder
of Yammer and Geni, joined Scribd's board of directors in January 2010.[50]

In January 2011, Scribd raised an additional US$13 million in a round led by MLC
Investments of Australia and SVB Capital.[51] In January 2015, the company raised
US$22 million in new funding from Khosla Ventures with partner Keith Rabois joining
the Scribd board of directors.[52]

In 2019, Scribd raised $58 million in new funding led by growth firm Spectrum
Equity. [53]
Technology
In July 2008, Scribd began using iPaper, a rich document format similar to PDF
built for the web, which allows users to embed documents into a web page.[54]
iPaper was built with Adobe Flash, allowing it to be viewed the same across
different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) without conversion, as
long as the reader has Flash installed (although Scribd has announced non-Flash
support for the iPhone).[55] All major document types can be formatted into iPaper
including Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, OpenDocument documents,
OpenOffice.org XML documents, and PostScript files.

All iPaper documents are hosted on Scribd. Scribd allows published documents to
either be private or open to the larger Scribd community. The iPaper document
viewer is also embeddable in any website or blog, making it simple to embed
documents in their original layout regardless of file format. Scribd iPaper
required Flash cookies to be enabled, which is the default setting in Flash.[56]

On May 5, 2010, Scribd announced that they would be converting the entire site to
HTML5 at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.[57] TechCrunch reported that
Scribd is migrating away from Flash to HTML5. "Scribd co-founder and chief
technology officer Jared Friedman tells me: 'We are scrapping three years of Flash
development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a
dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a
Web page.'"[58][59]

Scribd has its own API to integrate external/third-party applications,[60] but is

no longer offering new API accounts.[61]

Since 2010, Scribd has been available on mobile phones and e-readers, in addition
to personal computers. As of December 2013, Scribd became available on app stores
and various mobile devices.[citation needed]

Reception
Accusations of copyright infringement
Scribd has been accused of copyright infringement. In September 2009, American
author Elaine Scott alleged that Scribd "shamelessly profits from the stolen
copyrighted works of innumerable authors".[62] Her attorneys sought class action
status in their efforts to win damages from Scribd for allegedly "egregious
copyright infringement" and accused it of calculated copyright infringement for
profit.[63][64][65] The suit was dropped in July 2010.[66][67]

In 2007, one year after its inception, Scribd was served with 25 Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices.[68]

The Guardian writes, "Harry Potter author [J.K. Rowling] is among writers shocked
to discover their books available as free downloads. Neil Blair, Rowling’s lawyer,
said the Harry Potter downloads were 'unauthorised and unlawful'...Rowling's novels
aren't the only ones to be available from Scribd. A quick search throws up novels
from Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Jeffrey Archer, Ken Follett, Philippa Gregory, and
J.R.R. Tolkien."[69]

Controversies
In March 2009, the passwords of several Comcast customers were leaked on Scribd.
The passwords were later removed when the news was published by The New York Times.
[70][71][72]

In July 2010, Gigaom reported that the script of In February 2010, Scribd unveiled
its first mobile plans for e-readers and smartphones.[41] In April 2010 Scribd
launched a new feature called "Readcast",[42] which allows automatic sharing of
documents on Facebook and Twitter.[43] Also in April 2010, Scribd announced its
integration of Facebook social plug-ins at the Facebook f8 Developer Conference.
[44]

Scribd rolled out a redesign on September 13, 2010 to become, according to

TechCrunch, "the social network for reading".[45]

In October 2013, Scribd launched its e-book subscription service, allowing readers
to pay a flat monthly fee in exchange for unlimited access to all of Scribd's book
titles.[46]

In August 2020, Scribd announced its acquisition of the LinkedIn-owned SlideShare

for an undisclosed amount. [47]

Financials
The company was initially funded with US$120,000 from Y Combinator in 2006, and
received over US$3.7 million in June 2007 from Redpoint Ventures and The Kinsey
Hills Group.[48][6] In December 2008, the company raised US$9 million in a second
round of funding led by Charles River Ventures with re-investment from Redpoint
Ventures and Kinsey Hills Group.[49] David O. Sacks, former PayPal COO and founder
of Yammer and Geni, joined Scribd's board of directors in January 2010.[50]

In January 2011, Scribd raised an additional US$13 million in a round led by MLC
Investments of Australia and SVB Capital.[51] In January 2015, the company raised
US$22 million in new funding from Khosla Ventures with partner Keith Rabois joining
the Scribd board of directors.[52]

In 2019, Scribd raised $58 million in new funding led by growth firm Spectrum
Equity. [53]

Technology
In July 2008, Scribd began using iPaper, a rich document format similar to PDF
built for the web, which allows users to embed documents into a web page.[54]
iPaper was built with Adobe Flash, allowing it to be viewed the same across
different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) without conversion, as
long as the reader has Flash installed (although Scribd has announced non-Flash
support for the iPhone).[55] All major document types can be formatted into iPaper
including Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, OpenDocument documents,
OpenOffice.org XML documents, and PostScript files.

All iPaper documents are hosted on Scribd. Scribd allows published documents to
either be private or open to the larger Scribd community. The iPaper document
viewer is also embeddable in any website or blog, making it simple to embed
documents in their original layout regardless of file format. Scribd iPaper
required Flash cookies to be enabled, which is the default setting in Flash.[56]

On May 5, 2010, Scribd announced that they would be converting the entire site to
HTML5 at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.[57] TechCrunch reported that
Scribd is migrating away from Flash to HTML5. "Scribd co-founder and chief
technology officer Jared Friedman tells me: 'We are scrapping three years of Flash
development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a
dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a
Web page.'"[58][59]

Scribd has its own API to integrate external/third-party applications,[60] but is

no longer offering new API accounts.[61]

Since 2010, Scribd has been available on mobile phones and e-readers, in addition
to personal computers. As of December 2013, Scribd became available on app stores
and various mobile devices.[citation needed]
Reception
Accusations of copyright infringement
Scribd has been accused of copyright infringement. In September 2009, American
author Elaine Scott alleged that Scribd "shamelessly profits from the stolen
copyrighted works of innumerable authors".[62] Her attorneys sought class action
status in their efforts to win damages from Scribd for allegedly "egregious
copyright infringement" and accused it of calculated copyright infringement for
profit.[63][64][65] The suit was dropped in July 2010.[66][67]

In 2007, one year after its inception, Scribd was served with 25 Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices.[68]

The Guardian writes, "Harry Potter author [J.K. Rowling] is among writers shocked
to discover their books available as free downloads. Neil Blair, Rowling’s lawyer,
said the Harry Potter downloads were 'unauthorised and unlawful'...Rowling's novels
aren't the only ones to be available from Scribd. A quick search throws up novels
from Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Jeffrey Archer, Ken Follett, Philippa Gregory, and
J.R.R. Tolkien."[69]

Controversies
In March 2009, the passwords of several Comcast customers were leaked on Scribd.
The passwords were later removed when the news was published by The New York Times.
[70][71][72]

In July 2010, Gigaom reported that the script of In February 2010, Scribd unveiled
its first mobile plans for e-readers and smartphones.[41] In April 2010 Scribd
launched a new feature called "Readcast",[42] which allows automatic sharing of
documents on Facebook and Twitter.[43] Also in April 2010, Scribd announced its
integration of Facebook social plug-ins at the Facebook f8 Developer Conference.
[44]

Scribd rolled out a redesign on September 13, 2010 to become, according to

TechCrunch, "the social network for reading".[45]

In October 2013, Scribd launched its e-book subscription service, allowing readers
to pay a flat monthly fee in exchange for unlimited access to all of Scribd's book
titles.[46]

In August 2020, Scribd announced its acquisition of the LinkedIn-owned SlideShare

for an undisclosed amount. [47]

Financials
The company was initially funded with US$120,000 from Y Combinator in 2006, and
received over US$3.7 million in June 2007 from Redpoint Ventures and The Kinsey
Hills Group.[48][6] In December 2008, the company raised US$9 million in a second
round of funding led by Charles River Ventures with re-investment from Redpoint
Ventures and Kinsey Hills Group.[49] David O. Sacks, former PayPal COO and founder
of Yammer and Geni, joined Scribd's board of directors in January 2010.[50]

In January 2011, Scribd raised an additional US$13 million in a round led by MLC
Investments of Australia and SVB Capital.[51] In January 2015, the company raised
US$22 million in new funding from Khosla Ventures with partner Keith Rabois joining
the Scribd board of directors.[52]

In 2019, Scribd raised $58 million in new funding led by growth firm Spectrum
Equity. [53]

Technology
In July 2008, Scribd began using iPaper, a rich document format similar to PDF
built for the web, which allows users to embed documents into a web page.[54]
iPaper was built with Adobe Flash, allowing it to be viewed the same across
different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) without conversion, as
long as the reader has Flash installed (although Scribd has announced non-Flash
support for the iPhone).[55] All major document types can be formatted into iPaper
including Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, OpenDocument documents,
OpenOffice.org XML documents, and PostScript files.

All iPaper documents are hosted on Scribd. Scribd allows published documents to
either be private or open to the larger Scribd community. The iPaper document
viewer is also embeddable in any website or blog, making it simple to embed
documents in their original layout regardless of file format. Scribd iPaper
required Flash cookies to be enabled, which is the default setting in Flash.[56]

On May 5, 2010, Scribd announced that they would be converting the entire site to
HTML5 at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.[57] TechCrunch reported that
Scribd is migrating away from Flash to HTML5. "Scribd co-founder and chief
technology officer Jared Friedman tells me: 'We are scrapping three years of Flash
development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a
dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a
Web page.'"[58][59]

Scribd has its own API to integrate external/third-party applications,[60] but is

no longer offering new API accounts.[61]

Since 2010, Scribd has been available on mobile phones and e-readers, in addition
to personal computers. As of December 2013, Scribd became available on app stores
and various mobile devices.[citation needed]

Reception
Accusations of copyright infringement
Scribd has been accused of copyright infringement. In September 2009, American
author Elaine Scott alleged that Scribd "shamelessly profits from the stolen
copyrighted works of innumerable authors".[62] Her attorneys sought class action
status in their efforts to win damages from Scribd for allegedly "egregious
copyright infringement" and accused it of calculated copyright infringement for
profit.[63][64][65] The suit was dropped in July 2010.[66][67]

In 2007, one year after its inception, Scribd was served with 25 Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices.[68]

The Guardian writes, "Harry Potter author [J.K. Rowling] is among writers shocked
to discover their books available as free downloads. Neil Blair, Rowling’s lawyer,
said the Harry Potter downloads were 'unauthorised and unlawful'...Rowling's novels
aren't the only ones to be available from Scribd. A quick search throws up novels
from Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Jeffrey Archer, Ken Follett, Philippa Gregory, and
J.R.R. Tolkien."[69]

Controversies
In March 2009, the passwords of several Comcast customers were leaked on Scribd.
The passwords were later removed when the news was published by The New York Times.
[70][71][72]

In July 2010, Gigaom reported that the script of In February 2010, Scribd unveiled
its first mobile plans for e-readers and smartphones.[41] In April 2010 Scribd
launched a new feature called "Readcast",[42] which allows automatic sharing of
documents on Facebook and Twitter.[43] Also in April 2010, Scribd announced its
integration of Facebook social plug-ins at the Facebook f8 Developer Conference.
[44]

Scribd rolled out a redesign on September 13, 2010 to become, according to

TechCrunch, "the social network for reading".[45]

In October 2013, Scribd launched its e-book subscription service, allowing readers
to pay a flat monthly fee in exchange for unlimited access to all of Scribd's book
titles.[46]

In August 2020, Scribd announced its acquisition of the LinkedIn-owned SlideShare

for an undisclosed amount. [47]

Financials
The company was initially funded with US$120,000 from Y Combinator in 2006, and
received over US$3.7 million in June 2007 from Redpoint Ventures and The Kinsey
Hills Group.[48][6] In December 2008, the company raised US$9 million in a second
round of funding led by Charles River Ventures with re-investment from Redpoint
Ventures and Kinsey Hills Group.[49] David O. Sacks, former PayPal COO and founder
of Yammer and Geni, joined Scribd's board of directors in January 2010.[50]

In January 2011, Scribd raised an additional US$13 million in a round led by MLC
Investments of Australia and SVB Capital.[51] In January 2015, the company raised
US$22 million in new funding from Khosla Ventures with partner Keith Rabois joining
the Scribd board of directors.[52]

In 2019, Scribd raised $58 million in new funding led by growth firm Spectrum
Equity. [53]

Technology
In July 2008, Scribd began using iPaper, a rich document format similar to PDF
built for the web, which allows users to embed documents into a web page.[54]
iPaper was built with Adobe Flash, allowing it to be viewed the same across
different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) without conversion, as
long as the reader has Flash installed (although Scribd has announced non-Flash
support for the iPhone).[55] All major document types can be formatted into iPaper
including Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, OpenDocument documents,
OpenOffice.org XML documents, and PostScript files.

All iPaper documents are hosted on Scribd. Scribd allows published documents to
either be private or open to the larger Scribd community. The iPaper document
viewer is also embeddable in any website or blog, making it simple to embed
documents in their original layout regardless of file format. Scribd iPaper
required Flash cookies to be enabled, which is the default setting in Flash.[56]

On May 5, 2010, Scribd announced that they would be converting the entire site to
HTML5 at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.[57] TechCrunch reported that
Scribd is migrating away from Flash to HTML5. "Scribd co-founder and chief
technology officer Jared Friedman tells me: 'We are scrapping three years of Flash
development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a
dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a
Web page.'"[58][59]

Scribd has its own API to integrate external/third-party applications,[60] but is

no longer offering new API accounts.[61]

Since 2010, Scribd has been available on mobile phones and e-readers, in addition
to personal computers. As of December 2013, Scribd became available on app stores
and various mobile devices.[citation needed]
Reception
Accusations of copyright infringement
Scribd has been accused of copyright infringement. In September 2009, American
author Elaine Scott alleged that Scribd "shamelessly profits from the stolen
copyrighted works of innumerable authors".[62] Her attorneys sought class action
status in their efforts to win damages from Scribd for allegedly "egregious
copyright infringement" and accused it of calculated copyright infringement for
profit.[63][64][65] The suit was dropped in July 2010.[66][67]

In 2007, one year after its inception, Scribd was served with 25 Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices.[68]

The Guardian writes, "Harry Potter author [J.K. Rowling] is among writers shocked
to discover their books available as free downloads. Neil Blair, Rowling’s lawyer,
said the Harry Potter downloads were 'unauthorised and unlawful'...Rowling's novels
aren't the only ones to be available from Scribd. A quick search throws up novels
from Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Jeffrey Archer, Ken Follett, Philippa Gregory, and
J.R.R. Tolkien."[69]

Controversies
In March 2009, the passwords of several Comcast customers were leaked on Scribd.
The passwords were later removed when the news was published by The New York Times.
[70][71][72]

In July 2010, Gigaom reported that the script of In February 2010, Scribd unveiled
its first mobile plans for e-readers and smartphones.[41] In April 2010 Scribd
launched a new feature called "Readcast",[42] which allows automatic sharing of
documents on Facebook and Twitter.[43] Also in April 2010, Scribd announced its
integration of Facebook social plug-ins at the Facebook f8 Developer Conference.
[44]

Scribd rolled out a redesign on September 13, 2010 to become, according to

TechCrunch, "the social network for reading".[45]

In October 2013, Scribd launched its e-book subscription service, allowing readers
to pay a flat monthly fee in exchange for unlimited access to all of Scribd's book
titles.[46]

In August 2020, Scribd announced its acquisition of the LinkedIn-owned SlideShare

for an undisclosed amount. [47]

Financials
The company was initially funded with US$120,000 from Y Combinator in 2006, and
received over US$3.7 million in June 2007 from Redpoint Ventures and The Kinsey
Hills Group.[48][6] In December 2008, the company raised US$9 million in a second
round of funding led by Charles River Ventures with re-investment from Redpoint
Ventures and Kinsey Hills Group.[49] David O. Sacks, former PayPal COO and founder
of Yammer and Geni, joined Scribd's board of directors in January 2010.[50]

In January 2011, Scribd raised an additional US$13 million in a round led by MLC
Investments of Australia and SVB Capital.[51] In January 2015, the company raised
US$22 million in new funding from Khosla Ventures with partner Keith Rabois joining
the Scribd board of directors.[52]

In 2019, Scribd raised $58 million in new funding led by growth firm Spectrum
Equity. [53]

Technology
In July 2008, Scribd began using iPaper, a rich document format similar to PDF
built for the web, which allows users to embed documents into a web page.[54]
iPaper was built with Adobe Flash, allowing it to be viewed the same across
different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) without conversion, as
long as the reader has Flash installed (although Scribd has announced non-Flash
support for the iPhone).[55] All major document types can be formatted into iPaper
including Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, OpenDocument documents,
OpenOffice.org XML documents, and PostScript files.

All iPaper documents are hosted on Scribd. Scribd allows published documents to
either be private or open to the larger Scribd community. The iPaper document
viewer is also embeddable in any website or blog, making it simple to embed
documents in their original layout regardless of file format. Scribd iPaper
required Flash cookies to be enabled, which is the default setting in Flash.[56]

On May 5, 2010, Scribd announced that they would be converting the entire site to
HTML5 at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.[57] TechCrunch reported that
Scribd is migrating away from Flash to HTML5. "Scribd co-founder and chief
technology officer Jared Friedman tells me: 'We are scrapping three years of Flash
development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a
dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a
Web page.'"[58][59]

Scribd has its own API to integrate external/third-party applications,[60] but is

no longer offering new API accounts.[61]

Since 2010, Scribd has been available on mobile phones and e-readers, in addition
to personal computers. As of December 2013, Scribd became available on app stores
and various mobile devices.[citation needed]

Reception
Accusations of copyright infringement
Scribd has been accused of copyright infringement. In September 2009, American
author Elaine Scott alleged that Scribd "shamelessly profits from the stolen
copyrighted works of innumerable authors".[62] Her attorneys sought class action
status in their efforts to win damages from Scribd for allegedly "egregious
copyright infringement" and accused it of calculated copyright infringement for
profit.[63][64][65] The suit was dropped in July 2010.[66][67]

In 2007, one year after its inception, Scribd was served with 25 Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices.[68]

The Guardian writes, "Harry Potter author [J.K. Rowling] is among writers shocked
to discover their books available as free downloads. Neil Blair, Rowling’s lawyer,
said the Harry Potter downloads were 'unauthorised and unlawful'...Rowling's novels
aren't the only ones to be available from Scribd. A quick search throws up novels
from Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Jeffrey Archer, Ken Follett, Philippa Gregory, and
J.R.R. Tolkien."[69]

Controversies
In March 2009, the passwords of several Comcast customers were leaked on Scribd.
The passwords were later removed when the news was published by The New York Times.
[70][71][72]

In July 2010, Gigaom reported that the script of