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After 17 Years of Litigation, 'Freelance' Writers Finally Collect
Payments of more than $9 million have finally been issued to thousands of freelance writers following the 2014 settlement of a class action case filed in the wake of the landmark Tasini vs. New York Times, the seminal legal battle of the digital publishing era.
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A (Block)Chain Reaction for Publishing
The music, video, and book industries have had metadata problems in common for years—and one solution, blockchain, is a technique publishing could learn from the music business.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: It’s Time to Fix Fair Dealing in Canada
Demand for Canadian educational content remains high, however the ongoing supply of Canadian learning resources remains uncertain after a 2012 change to copyright law.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: Concern that Canadian Copyright Disaster Could Spread
The 2012 Copyright Modernization Act in Canada has been a disaster for Canadian educational publishers. But concern over the law’s effects, observers say, is not limited to Canada.
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ALA Honors Jonathan Band with 2017 L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award
Band, a copyright attorney and an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School, is a longtime advisor and representative for the library community.
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KinderGuides Copyright Case Ends, Appeal Unlikely
The closely watched case is now closed after the plaintiffs dropped the claim of willful infringement. Moppet Books, meanwhile, said they are unlikely to appeal the summary judgment in the case.
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Judge Explains KinderGuides Copyright Case Decision
Judge Jed Rakoff needed just 12 pages to dispatch with Moppet Books' claims that their works were protected by fair use.
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Will Ruling in ReDigi Case Open the Door to a Used E-book Market?
That’s the heart of the question now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, after a lively hearing on Tuesday in the case of Capitol Records vs. ReDigi.
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Still No Opinion, but Judge's Order Bans Distribution of 'Infringing' KinderGuides
A federal judge has signed off on a permanent injunction immediately barring Moppet Books from distributing in the U.S. any versions of its KinderGuides series held to be infringing.
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For Second Time, Appeals Court Hears GSU E-Reserves Case
The decade-old litigation over digitized course readings made another appearance before the 11th Circuit last week, but the case could still be far from a conclusion.
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Publishers, Authors Win KinderGuides Copyright Case
A federal judge has found that Moppet Books had infringed copyright with its unauthorized children's "learning guides" to a host of classic novels.
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Does Watermarking Actually Cut Down on E-book Piracy?
A discussion on how watermarking e-books plays into publishers' overall DRM strategies, and its effectiveness.
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Appeals Court Orders Expedited Hearing in ReDigi Case
The order, issued by Denny Chin, the judge who presided over Google’s library book scanning litigation, could mean oral arguments in the copyright case could be heard this summer.
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ReDigi, Key Digital 'First Sale' Case, Heating Up on Appeal
In an amicus brief, AAP lawyers argue that a reversal legalizing the resale of digital media would be "catastrophic" for the publishing industry.
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‘Register of Copyrights’ Bill Easily Passes House
A bill that would empower Donald Trump to appoint the next Register of Copyrights easily passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday, and is headed to the Senate.
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'Register of Copyrights' Bill Could Pass House Next Week
After briefly stalling, a bill that would empower Donald Trump to appoint the next Register of Copyrights could come to a vote in the House of Representatives next week.
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Copyright Reform Is Never Happening
The first bill to come from the House Judiciary Committee's recently concluded review our nation's copyright laws reveals just how fractured the politics of copyright have become.
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Critical Report Could Derail 'Copyright Boss' Bill
The report, which details mismanagement at the Copyright Office, complicates a rushed legislative attempt to block Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden from appointing a new Register of Copyrights.
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‘Register of Copyrights’ Bill Quickly Passes Out of Committee
Just days after its introduction, a bill that would allow Donald Trump to appoint the next Register of Copyrights has passed out of Committee.
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New Bill Would Let Trump Pick the Next Register of Copyrights
A bill introduced in Congress yesterday would let Donald Trump pick the next register, rather than Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
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