The Internet Archive is starting to run out of legal options. Wired reports that the non-profit internet cataloguer of videos, games and books lost its appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The court rejected Archive.org’s claim in its ongoing lawsuit with several high profile book publishers that its virtual library of books can legally operate under the fair use doctrine. The lawsuit stems from the online archive’s National Emergency Library (NEL) that launched in March 2020. The NEL helped readers access library materials during the COVID pandemic with digitized copies of books that users could check out one at a time. Sometime later, the Internet Archive allowed users to check out an unlimited number of e-books and authors like Colson Whitehead and Neil Gaiman as well as the Authors Guild condemned the NEL, according to NPR. The website reinstated the book borrowing caps but it didn’t stop publishers like Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins and Random House from filing a lawsuit the following June. Less than three years later, a federal judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs declaring the non-profit website violated the publishers’ copyright protections. The only upside for Archive.org’s appeal is the court’s recognition of the Internet Archive as a non-commercial entity. The Internet Archive still faces a separate copyright infringement lawsuit over its music digitization projects brought by Universal Music Group and Sony last year.This article... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2024-09-04 20:24:53 UTC ]
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Opening these libraries up promises to re-balance the continent’s place in world history when it comes to its intellectual life. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2022-03-29 16:12:23 UTC ]
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In the masterful "Tell Me Everything," Erika Krouse explores her uncanny ability to elicit candor, even from perfect strangers. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-03-29 11:00:29 UTC ]
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This summer, the courts will rule on Bertelsmann subsidiary PRH’s planned purchase of Simon & Schuster. But 24 years ago, the industry was agape over Bertelsmann’s acquisition of Random House. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Her essay collection was removed from contention in the category of best lesbian memoir after she went on Twitter to defend a forthcoming Sandra Newman novel from charges that it was transphobic. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-03-22 01:34:52 UTC ]
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Last December, the literary world mourned the loss of essayist Eve Babitz—joyful, sharp observer of Los Angeles. Now, The Huntington Library in San, Marino has announced it has acquired Babitz’s archive, meaning researchers will be able to browse drafts of Babitz’s books and articles, original... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-03-11 18:11:06 UTC ]
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In March 2020, PW was racing to keep up with the changes to the industry unleashed by the start of the Covid pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs" author discusses his new book, "The Nineties." Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-03-08 15:00:52 UTC ]
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In March 2016, years of legal wrangling over the DOJ’s e-book price-fixing suit against Apple and five publishers ended when the Supreme Court declined to hear Apple’s appeal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The novelist Kathryn Davis’s personal and time-shuffling new book, “Aurelia, Aurélia,” is about the death of her husband. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-03-02 10:00:08 UTC ]
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In 1989, Iran’s ruler, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie for writing The Satanic Verses. PW’s in-depth coverage looked at the industry’s response to this unprecedented situation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-25 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome back! The US Copyright Office (USCO) is again refusing to grant copyright for a work of art that was created by an artificial intelligence system. Dr. Stephen Thaler attempted to copyright a piece of art titled A Recent Entrance to Paradise, claiming in a second request for... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-02-22 12:15:53 UTC ]
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In 1877, as the outcome of the previous year’s presidential election was still being disputed, D. Appleton & Co. advertised a book that tackled the ever-thorny question, “How shall the votes be counted?” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Messaging from the International Publishers Association joins a chorus of alarm around a fast-moving set of copyright changes in Kenya. The post IPA and Kenyan Publishers Blast ‘Unacceptable’ Copyright Bill appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-02-14 15:34:56 UTC ]
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In They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents, Iranian American author and Vice journalist Neda Toloui-Semnani reconstructed the story of her parents as young, leftist Iranian activists radicalized at Berkeley in the late ’60s and who came to see communism as the political answer... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2022-02-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
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In February 1918, Little, Brown touted the success of a new book about WWI—in spite of freight delays and other supply chain problems. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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As Penguin Random House and the Department of Justice continue to prepare for an August trial in which PRH hopes to block the government’s effort to kill its acquisition of Simon & Schuster, professionals throughout the industry are finding themselves pulled into the legal fray. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Axel Scheffler has usurped Tony Ross in the list of 2021’s most lucrative illustrators through Nielsen BookScan’s TCM. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-29 03:07:14 UTC ]
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This week we’ve got a 1921 cover advertisement from Alfred A. Knopf, thanking the industry for its support of his then-new Borzoi Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-28 05:00:00 UTC ]
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One hundred years ago, the establishment of the John Newbery Medal was announced in 'PW.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The government has decided not to change copyright exhaustion laws for the time being following a consultation which led to a campaign by the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-18 03:06:52 UTC ]
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