Libel litigations loses; publishers’ precarious prerogative protected
We here at John Street don’t tend to pay super-close attention to courts and laws and the like—can you spell boooooring?—but news of a recent Supreme Court decision did penetrate… Read more »
We were both startled and delighted to read in the Wall Street Journal, natch, that our nation’s long-suffering right-wing scribes have finally found people brave enough to bear the withering… Read more »
Merger mania marches on: Harper hatches Houghton-Harcourt heist
Where will it all end? The incessant roundelay of mergers and acquisitions (“M&A,” in the parlance of our finance-bro pals—but, we digress) continues apace. According to Monday’s Wall Street Journal,… Read more »
Anti-Antifa book protested at Powell’s Books; free speech confusion continues
Protestors have gathered at famous indie bookstore Powell’s, in Portland, Oregon, to express their opposition to the store’s selling of Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy, by right-wing… Read more »
Poet’s prize prompts pettiness: rights plight cited
[Note from the marketing director] After last week’s fiasco the managing editor has been restored to factory settings, but is currently on probation. We will be watching him closely. AS… Read more »
Internet Archive vs. Publishers feud intensifies; court ruling will settle kerfuffle
The battle between the nonprofit Internet Archive and the publishing industry, which has accused the former of digital piracy, took a definitive turn when the publishers filed a copyright infringement… Read more »
Federal judge will not block publication of Bolton’s book because “damage is done”
Is that? Do I hear? Is that the sound of good news? Well, not quite. Here’s where we’re at. As reported in Publishers Weekly, the Department of Justice motioned for… Read more »
Publishers sue “Internet Archive”; authors & editors irate
On Monday, a group of publishers sued the nonprofit Internet Archive, claiming that the group’s distribution of free e-books violated the terms of copyright and amounted to digital piracy. According… Read more »
“Internet Archive” posts free books; accusations roil digisphere
The nonprofit “Internet Archive” has recently established a “National Emergency Library” that makes 1.4 million e-books, many of which are under copyright and still in print, available to the public… Read more »
Interview with author of No Human is Illegal
J.J. Mulligan Sepúlveda, author of No Human is Illegal, appeared on In The Moment with Lori Walsh this week to discuss his new book and the national immigration debate. Read an… Read more »