Search Results by tag: copyright

Etiquette advice for Google Book Search

Dan Blacharski, a columnist for ITworld.com, has weighed in on the Microsoft vs. Google book search debate, pointing out that while it is fashionable to bash Microsoft as a corporate bully, the Microsoft Live Book ... Read More »

March 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news, Opinion

In defence of research and borrowing

By Nathan Whitlock

An impressive constellation of literary stars has come to the defence of British author Ian McEwan, who was accused by a writer for The Daily Mail of plagiarizing the memoir of romance novelist Lucilla Andrews, ... Read More »

December 8, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

Supreme Court sends Robertson and the Globe back to court

By Leigh Anne Williams

Author and writer Heather Robertson's long-running class-action lawsuit against The Globe and Mail took one more step on Thursday toward -- well, toward something. Ten years ago, Robertson took the Globe to court because the ... Read More »

October 12, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Vietnam adjusts to new book business

By Cassandra Drudi

Literary Saloon links to a VietNamNet Bridge story on the difficulties Vietnamese publishers face. Vietnam has been tightening control over copyrights in the wake of the ratification of the Bern Convention for Literary and Artistic ... Read More »

August 22, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Free digital books for all!

By Cassandra Drudi

With the extortion-esque prices of books these days, it always feels good to stick it to the Man and grab a good deal on a read. And what better deal than free? Book lovers everywhere ... Read More »

June 6, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

The future of books

By Leigh Anne Williams

On the eve of BookExpo America in Washington, The New York Times Magazine has run a cover story on the future of the book by Wired's Kevin Kelly. He begins with some familiar rhetoric about ... Read More »

May 16, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Adventures in book packaging

By Leigh Anne Williams

The controversy over Kaavya Viswanathan's plagiarism keeps picking up speed, so here's a quick recap. The Harvard student scored a $500,000 advance for her debut chicklit novel, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and ... Read More »

April 26, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Da Vinci Code trial wraps up

By Scott MacDonald

Hearings for the Dan Brown copyright infringement case wrapped up yesterday, and Sarah Lyall of The New York Times, for her part, thinks she knows who will win. Brown's publisher, Random House, is being sued ... Read More »

March 21, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Da Vinci Code on trial — again

By Scott MacDonald

Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown took to the stand yesterday as the star defence witness in a copyright infringement lawsuit being launched against his publisher, Random House. The claimants this time around are Richard ... Read More »

March 14, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Heavenly thoughts, earthly riches

By Leigh Anne Williams

Associated Press reports that some Italian publishers have run into a royalty dispute with the Vatican over reprinted quotations and writings by Pope Benedikt XVI (formerly Joseph Ratzinger). Writes AP staffer Frances D'Emilio: "After Ratzinger ... Read More »

February 20, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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