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Finch Publishing reports illegal downloads from scribd site
Finch Publishing will be seeking compensation for a breach of copyright on the US website scribd. ‘An illegal digital version of one of our books, Bully Blocking by Evelyn Field, has been ...
Scribd fights author lawsuit
File-sharing website Scribd is fighting back after an author launched a lawsuit claiming the site 'shamelessly profits from stolen works'. Scribd insists it respects copyright and removes infringing w...
Google concedes on non-US titles
The UK Publishers Association has welcomed Google's confirmation that books available in Europe though out-of-print in the US still count as "commercially available" under the Google Settlem...
Amazon and German government join objectors to Google settlement
As the deadline for the Google settlement draws closer, substantial objections are now starting to come in, including from Amazon and from the German government -- Amazon warns that Google will become...
Groups file court papers supporting Catcher 'sequel' author
A number of high-profile organisations, including major media companies such as the New York Times, the Associated Press, Gannett, and Tribune, as well as librarians, free speech advocates, ...
EU to consult authors and publishers on Google Settlement
European Union regulators are to ask publishers and authors about how they think Google's book-scanning programme will affect European copyright.
US copyright industries warn on digital piracy
The US Secretary of Commerce has said that the copyright industries are the fastest-growing sector in the US economy and are 'world-leading', but he warns of theneed for increased international vigila...
Quotes of the week
‘Subscriptions and consumer online purchasing and advertising, there's per-page printing at public access terminals in libraries ... there's a whole lot of new ways for authors to be paid if the...
How much I import and why: a bookseller explains
Writing about how the Productivity Commission could ‘usefully spend its additional time' in studying parallel importation legislation in Australia, former John Wiley & Sons managing director...
Productivity Commission parallel importation report to government: deadline extended to 30 June, media coverage continues
As reported in a WBN special bulletin last week, the Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen has announced an extended deadline of 30 June for the Productivity Commission's report to government on parall...
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