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February 10, 2016

Wednesday News: Kenyon v. Clare, Editions at Play, Star Trek Continues, and Disney’s maybe-meta

JanetPublishing NewsAladdin / Beauty-and-the-Beast / Cassandra Clare / copyright / crowdfunding / Dark-Hunter / Disney / Ebooks / Edition at Play / fan-works / Google / infringement / lawsuit / Shadowhunter / Sherrilyn Kenyon / Star Trek / trademark14 Comments

Copyright Clash Over Demon-Fighting Stories – So Sherrilyn Kenyon is suing Cassandra Clare for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and false advertising, claiming that Clare’s “Shadowhunter” series infringes on Kenyon’s “Dark-Huner” series. According to the article above, Kenyon seeks an injunction, compensatory damages, and lost profits. Jane summarizes some of the relevant ... more >

September 16, 2015

Wednesday News: gofundme parody, orphan works & copyright, Man Booker shortlist, and throwback publishing article

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / authors / copyright / crowdfunding / literary prize / Man Booker Prize / orphan works / parody / publishingComments Off on Wednesday News: gofundme parody, orphan works & copyright, Man Booker shortlist, and throwback publishing article

Go Fund My Lazy Ass -It’s no secret that crowdsourcing has become popular for all sorts of creative projects. Although I haven’t seen it, I saw some folks talking about a crowdfunding campaign for someone who wanted to go to RT. Anyway, an author named Payne Hawthorne put together a ... more >

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July 14, 2015

Tuesday News: Re-reading, crowdfunding library books, copyright targets camera thief, and SmartSpecs glasses

JanetPublishing Newscopyright / crowdfunding / genre fiction / intellectual property / LGBTQIA+ / Literary fiction / reading / vision technology9 Comments

The Key to Rereading – An interesting piece on re-reading that raises a lot of interesting issues related to the way the mind engages and re-engages with text. Until the article’s author, Tim Parks, falls right into the trap of distinguishing genre fiction as basically non-intellectual, in that he leaves no ... more >

July 8, 2015

Wednesday News: Vampires, Crowdfunding, Beatboxing, and Comics

JanetPublishing Newsbeatbox / Comics / crowdfunding / diversity / Sony / vampires9 Comments

‘Vampires’ keep doctors in the dark for fear of stereotyping: study – So here’s an interesting Romance novel premise: real-life vampirism that doesn’t, apparently, come with all the complications of being undead. A new paper, published in the Canadian peer-reviewed journal, Critical Social Work, focuses on the real-life “vampire community” and ... more >

April 2, 2015

Thursday News: Three’s Company parody prevails, authorial agency and commercialism, Fresh Romance Kickstarter, and Nature’s April Fool’s joke

JanetPublishing NewsApril Fools Day / authors' moral rights / Clean Reader / copyright / crowdfunding / diversity / dragons / Fair Use / genre / infringement / parody / reader expectations / Romance18 Comments

Play Reimagining ‘Three’s Company’ Wins Case – This is sort of a good news/bad news situation. The good news is that the play “3C,” which parodies the television series “Three’s Company,” has prevailed in federal court as transformative and therefore not infringing on DLT Entertainment’s copyright over the television show. ... more >

April 1, 2015

Wednesday News: New Lisbeth Salander book, value of negative reviews, black characters in soaps, and crowdfunding for One Direction

JanetPublishing Newscrime fiction / crowdfunding / diversity / marketing / reviews / soap operas / Stieg Larsson5 Comments

From ‘Dragon Tattoo’ To The ‘Spider’s Web’: Stieg Larsson’s Heroine Returns – So it has actually happened: Stieg Larsson’s Millennium novels are being continued with Swedish crime reporter David Lagercrantz as their author. Although Larsson did not exactly have a beautiful writing style, it’s going to be interesting to see ... more >

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