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The Publishing Community Should More Actively Oppose Book Bans

With a lawsuit filed last week Pen America, Penguin Random House, authors, and parents began fighting book bans. Other publishers should help.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • May 25, 2023
  • 8 Comments

Controlled Digital Lending Takes a Blow in Court

A Federal judge’s ruling offered a stern rebuke of the Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library and its controlled digital lending service, providing a significant victory for the four publishers that had filed suit.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Mar 29, 2023
  • 16 Comments

Does It Matter Whose Name Appears After the © When Using Creative Commons?

Authors are increasingly applying Creative Commons licenses to their content, when publishing it via Open Access. But after deciding to use a CC license, does it matter whether copyright is transferred to the publisher or if it is retained by the author. For some reasons, transfer to the publisher might be the right choice.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • May 16, 2017
  • 13 Comments

Elephants and the Internet: Online Forgetting

Should kids be helped to delete evidence of indiscretion, or should they stop posting such evidence in the first place? Charlie Rapple considers the new iRights campaign

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Aug 3, 2015
  • 17 Comments

Vestron's Law: The Propensity for Rights to Revert to the Original Publisher

Vestron’s Law refers to the propensity for the rights to content to revert to the original publisher. The Law applies to all media types and accounts for some of the industry’s structural changes.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Jan 24, 2011
  • 7 Comments

One World Publishing, Brought to You by the Internet

The sale of e-books over the Internet will lead to a restructuring of the book business and the evolution of truly global publishers.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Nov 17, 2010
  • 6 Comments

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