Correction: Open Road Not Liable for Millions in Damages

In an earlier version of our story on HarperCollins' victory in its copyright infringement suit against Open Road, we mistakenly put the damages as applying per copy, rather per work infringed. In fact, there is a single infringement infringement in this case, not multiple infringements per copy sold. Thus, damages could not run into the millions. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Praising David Hockney's 'openness to new media and his application of digital techniques,' Frankfurt's Juergen Boos announces Hockney's keynote comments on October 18. The post David Hockney To Give Keynote at Frankfurt Book Fair’s Opening News Conference appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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West Hollywood firm Engage:BDR Inc. uses its technology to place ads in front of half a billion people each month. But none of those ads appear on websites it owns. Though that's common for ad technology companies, Engage Chief Executive Ted Dhanik no longer sees that as a viable strategy. On... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Twitter to Open Pre-Roll Video Ad Program to Influencers

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How To Sell Nearly a Half-Million Copies of a Poetry Bookts Sweet Spot with ‘Milk and Honey’

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