‘Star Trek’ and Dr. Seuss Mash-Up Not Protected, Court Rules

The book, titled “Oh, the Places You’ll Boldly Go!”, hewed too closely to the original to be considered a parody under the “fair use” doctrine, a three-judge federal appeals panel declared. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2020-12-21 19:27:18 UTC ]
News tagged with: #star trek #court rules #dr. seuss

Other Publishing stories related to: '‘Star Trek’ and Dr. Seuss Mash-Up Not Protected, Court Rules'


YouTube killed the publishing star?

Author James Dawson argues that the publishing industry needs not to fight the power of YouTube, but rather seek to harness it. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #publishing industry


What are the rules when a site publishes false information about you?

If an Internet company publishes false information about you online, can you sue for damages even if you weren't demonstrably harmed?That, essentially, is the question that hangs in the balance Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that pits online data broker Spokeo against... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #watching closely #good reason


Indie icon Carrie Brownstein's new memoir is a mash note to her band Sleater-Kinney

There's a clichéd arc to rock memoirs: the ambitious young man (almost always a man), the climb up the charts, the blinding success, the sex and drugs, then the crash and burn. Thankfully, that's absent from the new book "Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl" by Carrie Brownstein, guitarist and vocalist... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #hunger makes #modern girl #carrie brownstein


Apple Asks Supreme Court to Overturn E-books Decision

In their petition, Apple suggested a negative effect on the economy if the decision was left to stand. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #negative effect


Audible releases Halloween story starring David Tennant

Audible has commissioned a dramatization of Carmilla, a 19th century gothic vampire novella by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, starring David Tennant and Rose Leslie. The story, first published in 1872, pre-dates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by over two decades. The story is about 18-year old Laura (played by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Court Punts Salinger Copyright Case to New Hampshire

A copyright lawsuit filed by Memphis-based indie publisher the Devault-Graves Agency against the Salinger Literary Trust is moving from Tennessee to New Hampshire, where Salinger’s heir, Colleen Salinger resides. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #devault-graves agency


US court backs Google book scanning

Google can continue to scan millions of books without violating copyright laws, a US court had ruled. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #scan millions


A new Irish literary boom: the post-crash stars of fiction

Dynamic, radical, often female … Irish fiction is flourishing. Gone is the conservative writing – all nostalgia and sexual repression – of the Celtic Tiger years. The writers of the new wave are original and bold“Money kills the imagination,” says the narrator of Claire Kilroy’s 2012 novel The... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #make money #large proportion


Appeals court dismisses infringement charges against Google, could create new industry

A federal appeals court in New York City dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit Friday filed against Mountain View-based Google Inc. alleging that the technology giant's program to create digital copies of books should not be allowed. The decision is a loss to the authors whose books are... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #technology giant


Appeals Court Affirms Google Book Search is Fair Use

The U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has rejected the Authors Guild's appeal and affirmed that Google’s library book scanning project is protected by fair use. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #authors guild


'Toronto Star' Doubles Its Books Pages

The newspaper will increase its weekly print books coverage from two to four pages and run extended bestseller lists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #books pages #toronto star


S&S nabs German star

Simon & Schuster has bought world rights (excluding Germany) in These Days of Ours, a new novel by Juliet Ashton, and will publish in June 2016. Ashton, who was previously published by Sphere in the UK, is a superstar in Germany, where she has shifted more than 100,000 copies for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #simon schuster #previously published #clare hey


Apple's no longer court monitored in ebook antitrust case

Apple’s ebook division will no longer be overseen by a court-appointed monitor after the US Justice Department ruled that the company had made improvements to its antitrust compliance program. Despite the positive outcome for Apple, the Justice Department was critical of the company’s... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #court-appointed monitor #justice department #iphone maker #ebook business #technology giant


Apprentice star to chair book award

Former Apprentice judge Margaret Mountford and singer songwriter Tracey Thorn will be on the panel for 2016's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #apprentice star #baileys women


HP's Star Wars Special Edition laptop comes with everything but a Thermal Detonator

A long time ago in a corporate licensing office, far, far away, someone started granting permission to make Star Wars merchandise to just about anyone with a pulse and a checkbook. The result was Jar Jar Bink’s Tongue Sucker, Boba Fett misters and a Star Wars tackle box. So when you hear the... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #thousand years


HarperCollins acquires youngest-ever GBBO star's cookbook

HarperCollins has acquired Twist, the first cookbook from The Great British Bake Off’s youngest ever contestant, Martha Collison.  Publisher Grace Cheetham acquired world rights from Claudia Young at Greene & Heaton. Martha Collison contended in the 2014 series of GBBO - progressing to the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #claudia young #greene heaton #quarter finals #impressed judges


Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's Message Now Available on E-books

After 35 years on the market, 'The Power of Positive Thinking' and other bestselling books by Dr. Peale are now expected to make an impact on a new generation of readers in the digital age. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #positive thinking #bestselling books #digital age


Legal War on Ad Blocking May Be a Loser, if Recent German Rulings Are Any Guide

The ad industry is looking into whether it has potential legal remedies against ad blockers in the U.S., but the issue is already playing out in German courts -- in favor of the blockers.The regional court in Cologne ruled this week, for example, in favor of Adblock Plus and Eyeo, the company... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ad blocking #ad industry #cologne ruled #market dominance


'Star Wars' takes center stage in Facebook's 360-degree video rollout

Facebook has added 360-degree videos to its news feed, an immersive feature the Menlo Park-based social media platform said will capitalize on a growing number of video publishers using the format. And to pique the interest of users, The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and Lucasfilm have published... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #star wars #growing number #video publishers #walt disney #force awakens


FBF names Rising Stars ‘funded’ trio

Georgina Capel Associates rights manager Valeria Huerta, The Pigeonhole editorial director Anna Jean Hughes and SAGE executive director, product innovation Martha Sedgwick have been awarded funded trips to this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair by the event’s organisers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |