Filippo Bernardini impersonated hundreds of people in the publishing industry to obtain work by Margaret Atwood, Sally Rooney and Ian McEwan, but never intended to leak the booksThe former publishing employee who stole manuscripts of books by Margaret Atwood, Sally Rooney and Ian McEwan has said... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-03-13 11:30:25 UTC ]
Filippo Bernardini impersonated agents and publishers to obtain works from writers including Atwood, McEwan and RooneyAn Italian man has admitted to stealing more than 1,000 unpublished manuscripts, including from distinguished authors, solving a mystery that had puzzled the literary world for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-01-07 10:51:29 UTC ]
Filippo Bernardini, a former Simon & Schuster UK employee who was arrested last year, is expected to plead guilty to wire fraud. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-01-04 17:47:24 UTC ]
US law enforcement isn't just interested in shutting down video pirates. The feds have charged two Russian nationals, Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova, for allegedly running the pirate e-book repository Z-Library. The site was billed as the "world's largest library" and held over 11 million... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-11-17 21:44:09 UTC ]
Two Russian nationals behind the site were charged with criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud, and money laundering. On November 3, the massive pirated e-book database Z-Library disappeared from the internet, with its domains leading to a cryptic message that the website had been seized... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2022-11-17 13:20:00 UTC ]