The Green Party is to review its policy on copyright following protests by authors and publishers. In a policy document released last week the party said it wanted to reduce copyright terms to a maximum of 14 years. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The European Parliament has passed the EU's new law on copyright as trade bodies hail the first major revamp of copyright rules in 18 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Facebook Inc. and freedom of speech activists suffered a blow after the European Parliament rubber-stamped new rules that could curb access to online media in Europe. Once in effect, the rules will likely encourage publishers and music and movie producers to pursue money... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By a 348 to 278 margin, the European Parliament voted to approve a sweeping copyright reform bill celebrated by publishers and media companies, but which critics say could harm free expression online and fundamentally alter the way the internet works. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In what should be its final vote on the matter, the European Parliament approved its new, highly controversial copyright rules. While the Copyright Directive is meant to empower creatives and news publishers, the rules are seen by many as over the to... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a new research project, new books by men were found to receive 12% more broadsheet review coverage than those of their female counterparts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus has snapped up an “emotional page-turner” by Linda Green in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sabrina, the single mother at the center of Inda Craig-Galván’s new play, “Black Super Hero Magic Mama,” is acutely aware of the various ways her son’s life can be upended. Gangs, drugs, street violence, the police: If Sabrina (Kimberly Hébert Gregory) is overcontrolling, it’s because she knows... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“Lackawanna Blues,” Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s theatrical memoir about being raised by a big-hearted proprietor of a boardinghouse for castaways and strays in an industrial upstate New York city near Buffalo, was turned into a TV movie that won S. Epatha Merkerson an Emmy Award. But the compact... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2019 drew to a close with the shock announcement that Faber editor Lee Brackstone will leave the indie after nearly 25 years to run a new, as yet unnamed, music-centric imprint at Orion. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Edwards, Executive Director of the Association of Canadian Publishers runs down the latest legal and legislative actions affecting Canadian publishers and authors in the copyright arena. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Plan S and expanding the discussion around open access publishing are on the agenda at an invitational workshop led by Copyright Clearance Center and Outsell. The post During London Book Fair: Copyright Clearance Center on ‘Open Scholarly Communications’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline's sister imprint Headline Review has snapped up the "heady and compulsive" debut novel from Hazel Barkworth in a pre-empt deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Green Book winning the Best Picture award was the most-talked-about moment on both Twitter and Facebook during the 91st Academy Awards Sunday night. The most-tweeted-about moments during the event were: Green Book wins Best Picture Shallow wins Best Original Song Rami Malek wins Best Actor Lady... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission have broken a political deadlock on a new copyright directive to produce a major revamp of copyright rules, for the first time in 18 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scoot over “Deadly Class” and “Black Lightning,” and make room in the crowded superhero arena for two new avenging TV series: Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy” and “Doom Patrol” from DC Universe, a fledgling streaming service devoted to the comic book franchise. Both superhero dramas premiere... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane will publish Naomi Klein’s On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small publishers overly reliant on Google and digital advertising are likely to feel the pain if copyright reform changes go through. The post In EU copyright battle, Google challenges the will of regulators appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson has vowed to review passages in her book Merchants of Truth—published this week in the UK by Bodley Head—following claims of plagiarism. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Part of the same “Cities in Love” itinerary that previously included stops in Paris, New York and Rio, the wildly uneven anthology “Berlin, I Love You” exhibits telltale signs of jet lag. The format, like the others in the series, groups together intersecting stories directed by international... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Longtime literary agent Simon Green has been tapped to head the book and publishing division of Abrams Artists Agency. Green was, until last Spring, an agent at CAA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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