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French Court Rules Consumers Have the Right to Resell Games, Bringing eBook Resale One Step Closer to Being Reality

22 September, 201922 September, 2019Intellectual PropertyOne Comment

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...

eBook Resale Ruled Illegal in the EU (Actually, No, It Hasn’t)

11 September, 201922 September, 2019Intellectual Property4 Comments

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...

The Biggest Plagiarism Scandal in the History of eBooks Slipped by Amazon Unnoticed

1 May, 20191 May, 2019Amazon, Fraud, Intellectual Property, Piracy, Uncategorized9 Comments

When news broke a little over two months ago that the Brazilian author person Cristiane Serruya had copied parts of Courtney Milan's book, The Duchess War,...

Anti-Piracy Service Blasty is Back Online After a Week’s Downtime

22 March, 201924 March, 2019Intellectual Property, Piracy5 Comments

Since 2015 Blasty has been offering an anti-piracy service where they automatically scanned the web for pirated copies of an author's work and gave authors the...

US Supreme Court Rules Copyright Holders Must Complete Registration Before Filing Suit

7 March, 20197 March, 2019Intellectual Property2 Comments

It has long been established that you had to register a copyright before you could file an infringement lawsuit, but some courts had accepted merely filing...

Could The Movie “Yesterday” be Based on the Book “Enormity”? (Maybe, but Probably Not)

20 February, 201911 July, 2019Intellectual Property15 Comments

The publishing industry's current controversy of the week for this week revolves around an upcoming movie, and an author who is claiming implies that the movie's plot...

The Writers’ Union of Canada Condemns The Internet Archive’s Pirate Site, “The Open Library”

23 January, 201923 January, 2019Intellectual Property, Piracy4 Comments

Hard on the heels of news that the UK Society of Authors condemning the Internet Archive for piracy comes an announcement from The Writers’ Union of Canada...

The Authors Guild Calls for a “Public Lending Right”

16 January, 201918 January, 2019Intellectual Property, Libraries17 Comments

The Authors Guild looked at the survey report on author income that they released a couple weeks ago, and they have come up with a solution...

For the First Time in Over 20 years, Copyrights Will Expire in the US

20 December, 20181 January, 2019Intellectual Property3 Comments

The problem with copyright law - particularly in the US - is that people keep wanting to profit off of that which they did not create....

EU Screws Up Copyright Ruling on Student’s Presentation

10 August, 201817 April, 2019Intellectual Property, Piracy6 Comments

One of the few bright spots in US copyright law (along with DMCA Safe Harbors) is the legal principle of fair use - the idea that...

Someone Filed a Trademark on the “Guy Holding Axe” Book Cover Design

19 July, 201819 July, 2018Intellectual Property7 Comments

If you found Faleena Hopkins's attempt to trademark the word "cocky" infuriating then this next trademark could give you a stroke. An author in the SPF...

Dutch Authors Association “Fights” Piracy By Making False Analogies to Theft (video)

15 January, 201815 January, 2018Intellectual PropertyLeave a comment

Remember that silly anti-piracy video from the UK (or perhaps the parody video made by The IT Crowd)? Dutch authors are getting into the act. De Telegraaf...

Big Content’s Lobbyists Say They Aren’t Going to Try for Another Copyright Extension This Year, But I Wouldn’t Count On It

12 January, 201812 January, 2018Intellectual Property14 Comments

Earlier this week Ars Technica expressed the hope that Congress won't pass another extension to the term of copyright in 2018. Citing public opinion and internet...

SFWA Finally Notices Internet Archive’s Decade Old Open Library, Decides It’s Piracy

9 January, 201823 January, 2019Digital Library, Intellectual Property, The Authors Guild21 Comments

I like to stay on top of relevant news and development in the publishing industry, but sometimes I might miss a story and only find out...

8 January, 20189 January, 2018Conferences & Trade shows, Intellectual PropertyLeave a comment

Copyright and Technology 2018 is coming up next week on Tuesday in New York City. The one-day conference will feature panels on digital watermarks, anti-piracy efforts, AI...

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