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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South Korea becomes the latest country to get the Harry Potter series of seven books and the new 'Cursed Child' playscript in ebook format. This time, they're in both Korean and English. The post Harry Potter Ebooks Released in South Korea appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling is revealing more details about the school of witchcraft and wizardry in new ebooks. The books follow the July debut of the West End play 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J K Rowling is launching new short-form content about the Harry Potter world, called Pottermore Presents, in September, which will be available to sell through online retailers in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A public consultation has formally been launched by the European Commission to address the inconsistency in VAT rates on print and electronically supplied publications. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Calling for more feedback and input, the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) announces that merger considerations with W3C still are ongoing. CCC rolls out a new offering called RightFind CDS. The post International Publishing Notes: Copyright Clearance Center, IDPF, W3C appeared first... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AsciidocFX is a cross-platform open-source markup editor for building PDF, HTML, ePUB and MOBI ebooks, documents, slides and more. It’s not the easiest package to use, but could still have a lot of appeal for anyone creating academic, technical or scientific documents. Getting started is simple.... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebook editions of the seven Harry Potter novels, plus the new 'Cursed Child' playscript, debut in China Monday (August 1) at five leading retailers, one of them with 600 million mobile users. The post Harry Potter Ebooks Arrive in China, in Both Chinese and English appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Editor Genevieve Smith tells Folio: why now's the time to dig deep into public distrust. The post New York Magazine Makes “The Case Against the Media” appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton is promoting Miranda Hart's new book, Peggy & Me, by collating stories about her fans' pets into a free companion ebook. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Have you wondered how Facebook might offer high-speed internet access using lasers? The company's Connectivity Lab is happy to show you. It just published a research paper explaining laser beam technology can deliver up to 2Gbps to remote places.... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of the conventions, we took a spin through PW's archives for previous coverage of the candidates. What we found was Hillary Clinton plowing through a blizzard to record her audiobook, Donald Trump's publisher looking forward to publishing "a library of books by him," and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bill seeks to help copyright owners who do not have the resources to pursue federal copyright claims. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillary Clinton has come out in favour of US copyright reform, revealed by a campaign document announcing her "tech and innovation agenda". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titles from Natasha Pulley and Lauren Groff are to feature in Sainsbury's Entertainment on Demand's "first ever" Summer Book Club, which will showcase two new ebooks every Thursday until the end of August. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two leading trade bodies in the book industry are turning towards lobbying the UK competition authorities over Amazon as opposed to the European Commission following Brexit. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Attorneys for the publishers argue that a recent Supreme Court decision in another high profile copyright case—Kirtsaeng v. Wiley—should take them off the hook for paying GSU's legal fees. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author and political commentator praised libraries as "citadels of enlightenment" in a culture that is "peppered by a dyspeptic resistance to high intelligence in the service of deep truth.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fed up with readers using ad blockers to access its content for free, German publishing giant Axel Springer won a free ride of its own in a court appeal on Friday.The publisher's lawyers have been trying to get ad blocking declared illegal in a series of suits against German software company... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With a major Canadian textbook publisher citing a drop from $1 million annually to $100,000, Canada's review of copyright changes may be welcome next year. The post More Copyright Fallout: Canadian Textbook Publishing Called ‘Not Sustainable’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following a court ruling that it was involved in ebook price-fixing with five publishers, Apple has started the process of paying back $400m in refunds. Despite agreeing to pay out the thick end of half a billion dollars, Apple denies doing anything wrong. Interestingly, the payouts will not... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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