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November 14, 2016

Monday News: Post-election reading, Seuss v. Star Trek, propaganda’s long history, and Kate McKinnon’s Hallelujah

JanetPublishing Newsbest of list / copyright / Dr. Seuss / election / Fair Use / History / infringement / Leonard Cohen / political propaganda / Star Trek1 Comments

Post-Election Reading: Bookseller Picks – For those of us who are still reeling from/traumatized by/unable to logically process/terrified by the implications of last week’s US presidential election, reading may be a challenge. Time for comfort reading, escapism, political commentary, happy endings only? This post from Publishers Weekly consults booksellers for recommendations ... more >

February 16, 2016

Tuesday News: Kenyon v. Clare, Deadpool (again), Arlington denies WASPs, and wearable caffeine

JanetPublishing NewsArlington / caffeine / Cassandra Clare / copyright / Deadpool / female pilots / infringement / lawsuit / Sherrilyn Kenyon / technology / trademark / WASP program / World War II5 Comments

[UPDATE] Cassandra Clare sued for copyright infringement over Shadowhunter series – Cassandra Clare’s attorney has responded to Kenyon’s suit for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and false advertising. Note that his commentary focuses primarily on the copyright claim, even though, as Jane’s comment here points out, there is a lot of  action around the trademark ... more >

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 >

January 5, 2016

Tuesday News: “Great” books, copyrighting character, author relevance, and Star Wars

JanetPublishing News"great" books / best of list / copyright / Game of Thrones / George R.R. Martin / infringement / intellectual property / Star Wars5 Comments

The Greatest Books of All Time, As Voted by 125 Famous Authors – 125 writers choose, in total, 544 titles, which perhaps suggests an interesting amount of coherence among the writers chosen than the books they chose. In regard to that most difficult of words, “great:” In introducing the lists, David Orr offers ... more >

December 2, 2015

Wednesday News: Disney sued, VTech hacked, fox fable wins, and Legos build hell

JanetPublishing Newschildren's fiction / Dante / Disney / Hacking / infringement / internet security / IP rights / Legos / literary awards / V-Tech6 Comments

DISNEY SUED Man Says ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ STOLE HIS IDEAS – Disney, which is responsible for some of the most onerous copyright provisions — because we need to respect the rights holders, right?! — is being sued for — you guessed, it — INFRINGEMENT! The case has been filed in federal court in Texas ... more >

November 23, 2015

Monday News: On technology, access, and failure

JanetPublishing NewsDMCA takedown notice / eBay / failure / infringement / ISPs / safe harbor / scholarship / technologyComments Off on Monday News: On technology, access, and failure

Judge Mocks Public Interest Concerns About Kicking People Off Internet, Tells Cox It’s Not Protected By The DMCA – If I remember correctly, Rightscorp is considered one of those copyright trolling outfits that corporations use to notice alleged DMCA infringers. Except that Rightscorp basically sends a bunch of takedown notices to ... more >

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