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Copyright
Conan Doyle Estate Says Sherlock Not Free Yet
Attorneys for the estate say the "complete" characters remain under copyright, and say they are exploring an appeal.
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Content / e-booksDoJ, States Slam Apple’s Bid for a Stay
In a strongly-worded brief, attorneys questioned Apple’s conduct, and again suggested that the company is trumping up concerns over the court’s external monitor, Michael Bromwich.
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Content / e-books
Judge Denies Apple’s Bid to Extend E-Book Damages Inquiry
After a flurry of year-end filings, Judge Denise Cote late last week rejected Apple’s bid to extend its deposition of plaintiff expert witness Roger Noll, whose report had pegged Apple’s total e-book damages at just over $307 million.
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Copyright
Court Rules Sherlock Holmes is Public Domain
In a December 23 ruling, a federal judge declared that the character of Sherlock Holmes, as well as other characters and elements of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic series are in the public domain.
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Content / e-books
Authors Guild Appeals Google Decision
In a filing with the district court, the Authors Guild gave notice that it is appealing Judge Denny Chin’s to dismiss its copyright suit over Google’s library scanning program.
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Content / e-books
Kohn Appeals Penguin, Macmillan E-book Settlements
The fight goes on: RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn has appealed final approval of the Macmillan and Penguin e-book settlements to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Content / e-books
DoJ: Apple Is Trumping Up Monitor Concerns
In a letter to the court, U.S. attorney Lawrence Buterman hit back at Apple, alleging that the company is publicly maligning its external monitor to bolster its case for a stay of the court’s final injunction.
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Content / e-books
PROSE Awards to Offer $10K for Top Prize
For the first time, the AAP’s Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division is endowing the R.R. Hawkins Prize with a $10,000 cash award to the winning author.
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Libraries
Library of Congress Inks Deal for Digital Collection
Looking to upgrade its ability to archive digital content in an era of increasingly electronic-only publications, the Library of Congress has reached a five-year agreement with Data Conversion Laboratory.
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Libraries
CCC Offers Scholarships for Librarians to Attend ALA Midwinter
Are you an academic librarian who wants to go the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia but just can't afford it? Here's your chance.
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Libraries
Are Libraries Essential? Mixed Message in Latest Pew Survey
While the survey showed Americans are almost evenly split over the essential role of libraries, libraries remain incredibly popular.
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Industry News
The Common Core Toolkit: December 2013
Looking ahead to the ALA midwinter meeting.
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Content / e-books
Judge Tosses Booksellers' Suit Against Publishers, Amazon
Calling the booksellers’ allegations “threadbare,” the judge was unable to find any plausible motive for the publishers to conspire with Amazon to limit their retail e-book options.
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Content / e-books
Judge Approves Final E-book Settlements
Texas state attorney Rebecca Fisher told PW that it would take 30 days for the judgment to take effect, and perhaps another 15-30 days for the retailers to begin disbursing the settlements funds to consumers.
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Trade Shows
U.S. Librarians at FIL
This year, a growing number of librarians, publishers, agents, distributors, and self-published authors have come to the largest Spanish-language book fair in the world.
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Content / e-books
Judge Tells Apple to Take Monitor Complaints to the DoJ
In typically swift fashion, Judge Denise Cote this week responded to Apple’s complaints about its external monitor Michael Bromwich.
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Content / e-books
Apple Doesn’t Like Its External Monitor
Attorneys for Apple have complained that the external monitor appointed to oversee its antitrust training is overstepping his bounds and overcharging for his services.
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Libraries
ALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: Let’s Talk It Out
The conference theme of the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting, set for January 24–28 in Philadelphia, is "the conversation starts here." It is a perfectly appropriate theme.
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Libraries
ALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: Meet the Team
At PW, we've always served the library community, but you've probably noticed that in recent months we've ramped up our commitment to covering library news and issues, with a lineup of monthly columnists writing on a broad range of issues affecting libraries and publishers.
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Libraries
ALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: The Librarian’s Guide to Paranoid Behavior
There’s a national conversation happening about libraries, and while librarians can contribute to it, we can’t control it.
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