Much of the author’s work may have fallen into public ownership in the UK, but there are more restrictions on its use remaining than you might expect, explains his biographerGeorge Orwell died at University College Hospital, London, on 21 January 1950 at the early age of 46. This means that unlike such long-lived contemporaries as Graham Greene (died 1991) or Anthony Powell (died 2000), the vast majority of his compendious output (21 volumes to date) is newly out of copyright as of 1 January. Naturally, publishers – who have an eye for this kind of opportunity – have long been at work to take advantage of the expiry date and the next few months are set to bring a glut of repackaged editions.The Oxford University Press is producing World’s Classics versions of the major books and there are several bulky compendia about to hit the shelves – see, for example, the Flame Tree Press’s George Orwell: Visions of Dystopia. I have to declare an interest myself, having spent much of the spring lockdown preparing annotated editions of Orwell’s six novels, to be issued at the rate of two a year before the appearance of my new Orwell biography (a successor to 2003’s Orwell: The Life) in 2023. As for the tide of non-print spin-offs, an Animal Farm video game hit cyberspace in mid-December. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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George R R Martin and Haruki Murakami [pictured] will appear at this year’s Edinburgh... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Europeans can continue browsing the Web without fear of breaking copyright law, Europe’s top court has determined in a landmark ruling. The legality of this common practice came into question in Europe as a result of a years-long tussle involving U.K. newspaper publishers, a public relations... Continue reading at PC World
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Former home secretary Alan Johnson has won the Orwell Prize for Books with childhood memoir, This... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The International Publishers’ Association (IPA) and the Federation of European Publishers (... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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When the APA hands out the prizes at its annual Audie Awards Gala on May 29, actor and narrator George Guidall, who has given voice to more than 1,100 audiobooks, will receive a Special Achievement Award. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The government has delayed the implementation of copyright exceptions regarding parody and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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You could have heard about the “poor man’s copyright” anywhere: from an older relative, from a friend, from a high school English teacher. They find out that you’ve been working on a novel and they want to help, so they tell you to mail it to yourself once it’s done. That way, even if you don’t... Continue reading at Slate
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Radical publisher Lawrence & Wishart has defended itself after being involved in a copyright... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The shortlist for this year’s Orwell Prize for books includes Alan Johnson’s This Boy... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Charles Moore's prize-winning biography of Margaret Thatcher has been longlisted for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Chancellor announces new laws making sure internet downloads are taxed in the country where they are purchasedGeorge Osborne's latest budget could spell an end to 99p song downloads by closing a tax loophole that meant consumers were paying VAT at very low foreign rates on online purchases of... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Copyright experts had seen the case as a key test of the DMCA's "safe harbor" provision, which protects Internet service providers from liability for the infringing behavior of its users. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux is releasing George Seldon's Chester Cricket and His Friends series in ebook format for the first time for the new tablet-toting generation of young readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The group alleges that the Canadian definition of fair use is subject to an "excessively broad interpretation." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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2013 was a good year for Urdu publishing, with several notable titles hitting bookstores, but unlicensed reprinting of copyright protected works persists. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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A US court has ruled that the public can use characters and aspects from Arthur Conan Doyle's... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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James McBride won the National Book Award for fiction for his novel set during the Civil War, while George Packer picked up the non-fiction award for his examination of contemporary America. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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James McBride won the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Good Lord Bird." George Packer won the nonfiction award for "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America."James McBride won the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction for “The Good Lord Bird,” a satirical account of... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Burmese Ministry of Information announced that a new translation of Orwell’s 1934 novel, Burmese Days, won the National Literary Award’s informative literature award. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's massive book-scanning project that makes complete copies of books without the authors' permission is perfectly legal under U.S. copyright law, a federal judge ruled today, deciding an 8-year-old legal battle. Continue reading at Wired
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