Hillary Clinton weighs in on copyright law
There have been a lot of big-ticket talking points this election season. Too many of them seem to revolve around the construction of ginormous border walls or the size of some jerkoff landlord’s… Read more »
Will Gay Talese’s motel voyeur get sued?
These last few weeks have seen a remarkably busy media cycle for all the Gay Talese buffs out there. First, there were his recent remarks about how female writers didn’t inspire him, followed by ritual… Read more »
Trial over stolen NYPL rare books moves forward
The case of a Nassau County woman accused by the New York Public Library of possessing stolen property is proceeding into the discovery phase, after her motion to dismiss failed to sway the court.… Read more »
Hemingway: not above the law, it would seem
It’s that time of year again: the annual Hemingway lookalike competition in Florida is approaching. In preparation, one Frank Louderback, an attorney and regular entrant, made all manner of plans… Read more »
Copyright concerns, the new way to make something disappear
The Vancouver Province newspaper took down a cartoonist’s parody video from their website, after the oil company depicted in the cartoon allegedly threatened to pull funding, says Leigh Beadon on Tech Dirt.… Read more »
The new copyright agreement you don’t know about
A United States trade agreement is being negotiated in secret that includes a set of copyright rules thought to be even more stringent than the defeated and much maligned bills SOPA… Read more »
Self-published author loses libel battle against reviewer
A self-published author who tried to sue a man over negative reviews posted on Amazon lost the case, and will be forced to pay legal bills of around £100,000. We… 2 / Read more »
Facebook asserts trademark in the word ‘book’
Bad news, fellow publishers. We’ve been so busy fretting about Amazon’s tyranny, bookshop closures, and the rise of the ebook, that we’ve missed the fatal threat posed to us by Facebook.… 2 / Read more »
An arms trafficker’s reading list
What’s Viktor Bout, the convicted international arms trafficker, reading these days? In an interview with Nicholas Schmidle of The New Yorker, Bout—who is currently awaiting sentencing at Manhattan Correctional Center… Read more »
The advantages for a writer of not being yourself
When a novelist is published for the first time their potential is limitless. They could be a bestseller, a literary sensation, a genius. But the moment the reviews have run… Read more »