Attorney general backs Law Commission recommendation that jurors who search web for case details should be jailedJuries are deeply "ingrained in our national DNA" and the internet should not be allowed to undermine a system of justice dating back to Magna Carta, according to the the attorney general, Dominic Grieve QC.Written instructions should be given to all juries to ensure they understand their role and the judge's directions in trials, Grieve suggested in a speech to the think-tank Politeia in central London on Wednesday evening.Grieve's comments support recommendations made by the Law Commission earlier this week that jurors who carry out internet searches on cases they are trying should face up to two years in prison. The attorney general encouraged the commission to publish as soon as possible."I am an enthusiastic advocate of trial by jury," he told his audience. "It is an essential element of the justice system of England and Wales. It is deeply ingrained in our national DNA."The right for a man to be punished only pursuant to the 'the lawful judgement of his equals' was enshrined in King John's Magna Carta in 1215." In the 17th century a jury endured two days' imprisonment without food or water at the hands of an overbearing judge in order to vindicate their right to return a true verdict, Grieve recalled."It is essential that juries are trusted to take decisions, with proper direction, even if very occasionally those decisions will not accord with the view... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The fallout from recent protests over the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor have reignited long-standing concerns on the part of many Black journalists about their roles in the newsrooms they work in, and the value they are given (or not given) by the media companies... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-07-09 11:50:34 UTC ]
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Yale University Press will publish the English translation of Bernard-Henri Lévy’s The Virus in the Age of Madness. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 02:19:04 UTC ]
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Literary agent Felicity Bryan has died, aged 74. She died on Sunday (June 21st) at her home in Kidlington "as she had wished", according to a statement from her family. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 06:13:43 UTC ]
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Spanish author Carlos Ruiz Zafón, whose novels include bestseller The Shadow of the Wind, has died at the age of 55. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-18 16:39:13 UTC ]
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Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library initiative, which made more than 1.3 million books available online for free, will end early as publishers sue for copyright infringement. The nonprofit began offering free books during March as the coronavirus pandemic forced Americans to quarantine... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-12 14:06:26 UTC ]
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Publishers considering transforming their businesses from print first or print-centric to digital first or digital-centric should begin by asking lots of people a simple question: what would you like to be able to do that you can’t do now? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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it is impossible for publishing to fulfil its own diversity agenda while continuing to pay low wages to most workers and to maintain its decades-long secrecy over pay and progression Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-11 23:48:14 UTC ]
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The nonprofit has said its National Emergency Library was a public service to people unable to access libraries during the pandemic, but publishers and authors accused it of theft. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-06-11 19:56:08 UTC ]
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Readers are reaching for “White Fragility” and “How to Be an Antiracist,” among other titles. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-04 10:01:51 UTC ]
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When libraries around the US began closing their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Internet Archive (IA) responded by creating a “National Emergency Library,” a collection of 1.4 million books from its free e-book repository Open Library. Pu... Continue reading at Engadget
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On June 1st, a group of book publishers—Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, and Penguin Random House, all member companies of the Association of American Publishers—filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the Internet Archive, whose “National Emergency... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The Publishers Association has expressed its support as member companies of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Internet Archive (IA), a self-described American digital library offering "universal access to all knowledge". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-01 17:39:50 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Hachette and Wiley accused the nonprofit of piracy for making over 1 million books free online. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Four publishers filed a lawsuit on Monday charging the Internet Archive with copyright infringement and asking for an injunction to prevent the IA’s scanning, public display, and distribution of literary works. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Each year around this time, digital publishers and tech platforms announce their content plans for the year ahead. These annual upfront and NewFronts pitches are a bid to partner with agencies and advertisers to reassemble audiences across the ever-changing video landscape. That process will... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2020-05-28 01:23:59 UTC ]
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Sunny Singh, the co-founder of the Jhalak Prize, has said lockdown caused by the pandemic is an opportunity to reassess equality in the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-27 11:18:23 UTC ]
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One juror for the 2020 Young Writer of the Year award says she hopes 'we won’t see a rash of virus or pandemic stories.' The post Amid ‘the ‘Low-Level Hum of Panic,’ the UK’s Young Writer Award Names Its Jury appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-05-18 12:37:26 UTC ]
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Book events worldwide are on hold, but Afrolit Sans Frontieres uses social media to host frank discussions around writing, creativity, sex and violence. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-05-14 14:18:46 UTC ]
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‘The Hope of Glory,’ ‘Suffer Strong,’ ‘The Gift of One Day,’ and more titles centered on overcoming challenges take the top 10 spots on PW’s Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad Age Agency Report is an annual ranking and analysis of advertising and marketing-services agencies. The report includes rankings based on U.S. and worldwide revenue. We have published Ad Age Agency Report every year since 1945. We published Ad Age Agency Report 2020 on May 11, 2020. A... Continue reading at Advertising Age
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