Judge on Apple Settlement: Not So Fast

Cote's order suggests she may not be pleased with any unnecessary delay in getting settlement funds to consumers. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will states and consumers sue Apple over ebook prices?

This summer a judge ruled that Apple arranged a conspiracy with major publishers to raise ebook prices. Now Apple faces a class action lawsuit from plaintiff states and a consumer class. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's Book-Scanning Is Fair Use, Judge Rules in Landmark Copyright Case

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

[ Wired | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge rules Google's scanning of books is not illegal

There is nothing wrong with Google scanning millions of book and making that text available as snippets in search results. This is the ruling made today by a judge in New York, bringing to an end an eight year legal battle between Google and The Authors Guild in conjunction with several specific... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge dismisses Authors Guild case against Google Books

A U.S. judge has thrown out a long-standing copyright infringement case brought against Google by the Authors Guild, saying the company’s book-scanning project provides significant benefits to the public. Judge Denny Chin, formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge rules against authors in Google Books copyright infringement case

Google's Books project, which has indexed millions of titles and made them available online, hasn't always been on completely solid legal footing. After all, Books operates without the permission of authors, which has understandably drawn some ire from copyright holders, not to mention other web ... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK’s YUDU Sees Future in Apple’s iBooks Platform. Do You?

British multi-platform publisher YUDU is favoring publishing in the robust iBooks platform over stand-alone apps, which entail greater expense and risk. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple's OS X Mavericks Surges Toward 6% Adoption: Report

Just 24 hours after Apple released Mavericks, its latest edition of Mac OS X, the company's operating system is skyrocketing in downloads, according to a new report by Chitika Insights. More On Apple Design Crazy, Fast Company's eBook Collecting The Oral History Of Apple Design All Of The Ways... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple unveils iPad Air tablet

Apple has released “the lightest full size tablet” onto the market in time for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MacGregor, Phillips and McCrum to judge 2014 Orwell Prize

Broadcasters Sue MacGregor and Trevor Phillips and Robert McCrum, associate editor of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowan Williams to judge Pushkin House Russian Book Prize

The former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is to chair the judging panel for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Court appoints antitrust monitor in Apple ebook case

A federal judge has appointed a former U.S. prosecutor as the monitor who ensures that Apple Inc. complies with a ruling from the ebook antitrust case the company lost this year. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Gets Its E-Book Antitrust Monitor

A federal judge taps former federal prosecutor Michael Bromwich to keep an eye on Apple's antitrust compliance. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Files Expected Appeal of E-Book Injunction

"Apple also hereby appeals from any and all orders and rulings that were adverse to it." Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd Challenges Amazon and Apple With 'Netflix for Books'

Spotify did it for music. Netflix did it for movies. And now, Trip Adler and Scribd are doing it for books. The 29-year-old entrepreneur and his six-year-old San Francisco startup just unveiled an online subscription service that gives you unlimited access to a large library of digital books for... Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple applies for iBook autograph patent

Apple has applied to create a patent for a system allowing authors to sign ebooks. This week,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distro Issue 108: With the arrival of two new Apple handsets, do the i's have it?

Just over a week ago, Apple pulled the wraps off of not one but two new smartphone options for the iOS faithful. In this week's edition of our slate magazine, the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c head through the Engadget review gauntlet to test Cupertino's latest against the competition. Eyes-On peeks... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kearns to help judge Roald Dahl Funny Prize

John Kearns, the winner of the best newcomer award at the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An Oral History Of Apple Design: 2013

Most efforts to explain design at Apple end up reducing a complex 37–year history to bromides about simplicity, quality, and perfection––as if those were ambitions unique to Apple alone. So Fast Company set out to remedy that deficiency through an oral history of Apple's design, a decoding of... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple faces ebook restrictions

A US judge imposes restrictions on the agreements technology giant Apple, after a court ruled it conspired with five publishers to control ebook prices. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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