Apple is Turning the Screws on App Developers, Including Your Favorite eBook Apps
For the past 9 or so years app developers have had a quasi-truce with Apple. So long as the developer didn’t sell anything inside the app...Continue reading
Category: Legal
Why the Internet Archive’s The Open Library is Not a Real Library
One of the more common arguments made by defenders of the Internet Archive’s site, The Open Library, is that it is a library. They point out...Continue reading
Internet Archive is Shutting Down National Emergency Library Two Weeks Early
The Internet Archive is shutting down one of its pirate sites ahead of schedule, and they are also not being honest about the reason. Yesterday IA...Continue reading
Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post Takes Pro-Piracy Position on Internet Archive
With one of the strictest paywalls in the news industry (you can’t even view an article if you block adverts), the Washington Post takes getting paid...Continue reading
Four Publishers File Suit Over Internet Archive’s Pirate Site
I can’t beleive it – book publishers have given Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle exactly what he wanted. Today the AAP announced that four US publishers...Continue reading
You Give Up a Lot of Rights When You Post Works on Social Media, New Ruling Says
An interesting copyright ruling crossed my desk today. I don’t think it has been explained very well, so I would like to explain what it means...Continue reading
Authors Protest Internet Archive Pirating Their Books
Authors have discovered that the Internet Archive has converted its lending library site into an out and out pirate site, and they are not happy, For...Continue reading
UK to End VAT on eBooks (But Not Audiobooks)
After a decade of lobbying bu authors and book publishers, the UK government announced this week that the Value Added Tax collected on the sale of...Continue reading
eBook Piracy – How to Respond If Someone Steals Your eBook Online
Sunday, 16 February 2020, was the day that I became a real author. I have been a writer for over a decade now, but Sunday was...Continue reading
What To Do If Your Identity is Stolen and Used for Money Laundering in Createspace or Amazon
Did you find out the hard way that you were the victim of identity theft after the thief used your info in one of Amazon’s services?...Continue reading
French Court Rules Consumers Have the Right to Resell Games, Bringing eBook Resale One Step Closer to Being Reality
Just about every type of publisher making digital content today uses restrictive licenses to deny your rights over the content you buy, but those restrictions are...Continue reading
eBook Resale Ruled Illegal in the EU (Actually, No, It Hasn’t)
For the past seven years it has been legal to resell software in Europe under what is known as the “UsedSoft” decision, a court ruling that...Continue reading
AAP Files Doomed Lawsuit Over Audible’s Caption Feature, Alleges Copyright Infringement
When detractors complained after Audible launched Audible Captions last month, I asked myself how anyone could know that this feature infringed on copyrights when no one...Continue reading
Guest Post: Amazon, Google and Facebook Warrant Antitrust Scrutiny for Many Reasons – Not Just Because They’re Large
There’s a growing chorus of U.S. politicians, antitrust scholars and consumer watchdogs calling for stricter antitrust treatment of Amazon, Google, Facebook and other tech giants. Some even say they should be broken...Continue reading
POD Giveth, and POD Taketh Away (Piracy)
About four years back I uncovered a massive textbook piracy operation running unchecked in Createspace. Enterprising scammers were stealing dozens of digital textbooks, then pirating them...Continue reading