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June 24, 2016

Friday News: Led Zeppelin legal victory, beer & books, collecting, and Taylor Swift, Girl Detective

JanetPublishing NewsBarnes & Noble / book collecting / copyright infringement / girl detective / Nancy Drew / Stairway to Heaven / Taylor Swift7 Comments

Led Zeppelin Wins ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Jury Trial – Led Zeppelin won a crucial victory in defending the legendary “Stairway to Heaven” from claims of copyright infringement on behalf of the 1968 Spirit song “Taurus.” The suit was particularly interesting because it was brought on behalf of songwriter Randy Wolfe’s estate, because ... more >

January 22, 2016

Friday News: Google & Apple, digital ownership, Internet predictions, and angry redditors

JanetPublishing NewsAMA / Apple / copyright infringement / digital books / future predictions DMCA / Google / Internet / license / Oracle / reddit8 Comments

Google Paid Apple $1 Billion to Keep Search Bar on iPhone – When I read this headline, I hear Dr. Evil in my head, repeating “one billion dollars” over and over. Whereas Oracle, in their suit against Google for infringement of copyright over their Java software, likely doesn’t think it’s ... more >

October 30, 2015

Friday News: Two plagiarism cases, Apple appeals to SCOTUS, and Beverly Jenkins’s “writing vitamins”

JanetPublishing Newsantitrust / Apple / Beverly Jenkins / Conspiracy / copyright infringement / ebook pricing / intellectual property rights / plagiarism / writer's conferences13 Comments

Don’t Do This Ever (an advice column for writers): Plagiarism Warning edition – Laura Harner has apparently “written” 75 books in the past five years. I quoted “written” because some of them, at least, appear to be versions of m/f books by Becky McGraw and Opal Carew (and perhaps others?) that change the ... more >

July 23, 2014

Wednesday News: WisCon fails women, Michelle Phan sued for infringement, North Carolina Poet Laureate resigns, and cute coverage of New Zealand Romance Writers conference

JanetPublishing Newsconference / copyright infringement / harassment / New Zealand / poetry / rugby / Science Fiction / WisCon / YouTube6 Comments

WisCon’s flaky response to harassment incident sparks Internet uproar – You may have read about the sexual harassment allegations against former Tor editor Jim Frenkel last year on John Scalzi’s blog. Despite the widespread attention the allegations got, Frenkel was back at WisCon this year, and it was only afterward ... more >

January 21, 2014

In The Absence of Traditional Publishers

JanetLetters of Opinioncopyright infringement / marketing / plagiarism / Promotion / Self-publishing24 Comments

Given all the discussion about community and critique and policing lately, a couple of recent author-to-author situations give these issues a kind of practical relevance. First there is the “genre experiment” undertaken by C.S. Lakin, who discussed her process and results at both Joel Friedlander and Barbara Rogan’s blogs. At the time ... more >

November 26, 2013

Tuesday News: Will smartphones become the dominant ebook reader?; Nook App launches into 32 countries with limited content; Beastie Boys in a copyright dispute

JanePublishing Newsbirth control / copyright infringement / Fair Use / Nook / Smartphone15 Comments

Are big smartphones the future of e-books? – Nokia makes the argument that more people will be reading on larger smartphones (or phablets apparently as some people call them). Previous studies show that readers between the ages of 18 and 24 are using their smartphones as readers more than other ... more >

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