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September 19, 2016

Monday News: Harlequin settlement disbursed, China’s growing film industry, who deserves a spin-off, and best tampon convo ever

JanetPublishing NewsChina / class action lawsuit / film industry / Harlequin / settlement / spin-off novels / tampons / texting8 Comments

Harlequin Lawsuit’s Happy Ending – Thanks to a DA reader for seeing this blog post from former Harlequin author Patricia McLinn on the disbursement of the $4.1M settlement in Keller v. Harlequin, which the court approved in July. McLinn was involved in organizing authors six or so years ago, which makes her ... more >

June 16, 2016

Thursday News: Netflix Juicers, Chicago Library giveaway, and Marie Stopes

JanetPublishing Newsclass action lawsuit / female sexuality / literacy / Netflix / public libraries / UK historyComments Off on Thursday News: Netflix Juicers, Chicago Library giveaway, and Marie Stopes

Meet Netflix’s “Juicers”: People Who Get Paid to Watch TV – It shouldn’t be a surprise that Netflix utilizes people to help them understand what paying viewers want, but it may be surprising to learn that some of these folks – referred to as “juicers,” are suing Netflix in two separate class ... more >

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December 26, 2014

Friday News: Facebook faces new lawsuit, new view of a marriage proposal, rules for creative success, the evolving e-book universe

JanetPublishing Newsbusiness advice / class action lawsuit / digital publishing / E-books / Facebook / graphs / marriage proposal / privacy / publishing / security1 Comments

Facebook facing class-action lawsuit over unauthorized message scanning – Sent or received a private message in Facebook over the past two years? Then you may very well be part of the class that is now allowed to proceed with a claim against the social network for scanning private messages, supposedly ... more >

August 7, 2014

Thursday News: Austrian law student sues Facebook, Romance novels and “fisting,” interview with OkCupid’s Christian Rudder, and a “pro-gun” children’s book

JanetPublishing Newsa/b testing / Austria / children's literature / class action lawsuit / disclosure / Facebook / feminism / guns / OkCupid / privacy / Romance novels / tropes18 Comments

More than 20,000 people are now suing Facebook in Europe over privacy – Austrian law student Max Schrems claims that he has gotten 20,000 people from 100 countries to join his lawsuit against Facebook for a variety of privacy violations. Schrems and his attorney will keep the class to 25,000 ... more >

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