Supreme Court declines to hear Authors Guild appeal; Google Books remains legal fair use
It’s deja vu all over again. For the second time this year, a long-running e-book-related court case has ended with the Supreme Court declining to take a hand. With characteristic terseness,...
Used e-book sales ahead if this case applies? ReDigi settles damages, prepares to appeal...
The dream of reselling used e-books may not be dead just yet. Digital media resale startup ReDigi has reached a settlement in its four-year-old legal battle with Capital Records that will...
Using Pinterest as a wishlist? Careful of the copyright cops
I do most of my e-book shopping on Amazon, and via my public library.
But sometimes, I come across new books via author blogs and press releases. Pinterest has been a convenient...
Deluge of last-minute DMCA comments repeatedly crashes government feedback site
After only generating a few dozen comments for most of the three-month comment period, the government’s DMCA Safe Harbor consultation suddenly attracted public attention in a big way after “Nostalgia Critic”...
Today is the last day to provide feedback on the DMCA takedown process
At the end of December, I mentioned that the government is seeking input on how it should update the exemption request process for the right to crack DRM under the DMCA. But what I hadn’t noticed was at the same time, the government also posted a request for comments on another section of the DMCA...
Springer expands scientific press content sharing with ReadCube
Springer Nature, the Macmillan-owned research, educational and professional publisher, has announced the expansion of a trial content sharing program based on the famous scientific journal Nature. According to the statement, "Springer...
U.S. Copyright Office to hold roundtables on DMCA safe harbor
According to a pre-publication copy of the Federal Register seen by Library Journal, the U.S. Copyright Office is scheduling "two two-day public roundtables on DMCA safe harbor issues in New York, New...
The great modern novel you couldn’t read for over 60 years
How could a great modern (and modernist) novel from the British Isles become a local cult hit and a contemporary classic, yet languish unread and unknown in most Western countries? The answer...
Is piracy really deadlier than Hannibal Lecter?
What's more deadly, more carnivorous, than Hannibal Lecter? Well, online piracy, of course. At least, if Martha De Laurentiis, producer of Hannibal for NBC among many other series and media properties,...
Will the Supreme Court hear Authors Guild v. Google?
Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly has a report on the Authors Guild filing its final reply brief (PDF) in the attempt to gain certiorari for its ten-year-old lawsuit over Google Books....