Pirate Version Of Jack Ma Biography Found On Alibaba

Alibaba founder Jack Ma is currently receiving a more than awkward reminder regarding the pirating issues that plague the company's ecommerce marketplace, Taobao by news that his own biography is being pirated. 'Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built' by author Duncan Clarke came out earlier this month and tells the story of how Ma started Alibaba and turned it into a 200 billion US dollar empire. Whilst the hardback will cost a buyer around $18 on Amazon and around $15 for the kindle version, the critically acclaimed book can now be found for as little as 43 US cents on Taobao from some merchants. However, Ma says that even though Taobao faces issues as it is made up of small independent merchants, it is winning the fight against pirating by “annihilating the environment” the pirates need to succeed. 

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