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Literary agent sues Wikipedia
US literary agent Barbara Bauer is suing 19 bloggers and websites, alleging that comments posted are ruining her reputation.
Pan Mac criticised over decision not to publish Cruise bio
Pan Macmillan's decision not to publish Tom Cruise, An Unauthorised Biography (Andrew Morton) in Australia has made headlines both here and overseas in the past week. The book, which reportedly contai...
In brief
Ex-MP sued for defamation by ex-NSW policeFormer NSW parliamentarian Peter Breen is being sued for defamation by two retired police officers over references in Breen's self-published book Life as a Se...
MUP recalls 'Young Liberal'
MUP has announced a recall of The Education of a Young Liberal by John Hyde Page. The recall follows the recent ruling by a judge in the civil division of the NSW Distrcit Court that 11 of 12 imp...
NSW to propose privacy law
Proposals for a new privacy law by the NSW Law Reform Commission could disrupt Australia's now uniform defamation laws. The proposals, due to be made public ‘within weeks' according to the...
MUP faces lawsuit over 'Young Liberal'
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) is facing a defamation suit from Kyle Kutasi, who objects to a number of passages referring to him in John Hyde Page's memoir The Education of a Young Libera...
Scientologists claim defamation in new book
A new Irish-published book critical of Scientology has been withdrawn from sale in the UK over defamation fears.
Rushdie not so 'scruffy' after all
The authors of a book that claimed that Salman Rushdie was nicknamed "Scruffy" by his police protection officers have 'admitted there were falsehoods in the manuscript and have made ame...
Libraries urged to retain pulped book
The American Library Association is recommending that libraries keep copies of a book that its publisher is pulping to avoid a libel case.
US publisher criticises CUP for pulping book
Jeffrey A Stern, president and publisher of Los Angeles-based Bonus Books, has criticised Cambridge University Press' decision to destroy all unsold copies of their 2006 book Alms for Jihad by America...
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