Publishing NewsComedy / copyright / gender / intellectual property / Literary fiction / Netflix / public domain / sex / Sherlock Holmes / Sports / substance abuse / World Cup13 Comments
JUDGES RELEASE SHERLOCK – Score one for the public domain, as the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed the character of Sherlock Holmes — in all but the last works — out of copyright jail. What do you think the chances are that the estate will appeal (they have ... more >
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All Our Patent Are Belong To You – So Tesla has removed the “wall of patents” in its headquarters in the spirit of open source, and will not longer legally pursue anyone who uses its technology. Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, believes that a “common, rapidly-evolving technology platform” will do more ... more >
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Harper Seeks Injunction in Dispute with Open Road – HarperCollins has just upped the ante in their lawsuit against Open Road, filing for a permanent injunction to block the publication of the digital version of Julie of the Wolves, as well as monetary damages for “willful infringement” of HarperCollins’ alleged ... more >
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Tess Gerritsen sues over Gravity – So in 1999, Tess Gerritsen sold the rights to her book, Gravity, to New Line Productions, but the movie never got off the ground. However, in adapting the book into a screenplay, Gerritsen claims she added material that was not in the book, but ... more >
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Harper Lee OKs e-book version of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ – On Harper Lee’s 88th birthday, her publisher, Harper Collins, announced that To Kill a Mockingbird would be released in digital on July 8, 2014, which is also the 54th anniversary of the book’s original publication. Lee prefers paper books ... more >
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The Languages of Twitter Users – This is a pretty nifty little chart detailing the different languages used on Twitter, and how their combination has changed since 2007. Although English still represents the largest percentage, its share of the Twitter marketplace has decreased over the past seven years, and several ... more >
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