Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 18, 2022
million ($3 million) acquiring a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune. The book, which details the effort by Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky to make a Dune film in the 1970s, is indeed a rare and valuable book. Make the book public (to the extent permitted by law) 2. Last year, the group spent €2.66
Hugh Stephens Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
On January 1, 2022, a new law entered into force in the state of Maryland requiring that authors and publishers holding the rights to an e-book title must offer unlimited copies of that title to public libraries in the state at an undetermined “reasonable price” if and when the title is offered to individual consumers.
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TorrentFreak
AUGUST 4, 2024
Faced with the growing popularity of ‘pirate’ libraries such as Z-Library and Anna’s Archive , book publishers have ramped up their anti-piracy efforts. They reached out to several major publishers and partnered with an anti-piracy outfit, to test whether takedown efforts have a measurable effect on legitimate book sales.
SpicyIP
MARCH 1, 2025
Image from here Amazon Owns Your E-Books and Wants More Arnav Kaman To admit authorities, however heavily furred and gowned, into our libraries and let them tell us how to read, what to read, what value to place upon what we read, is to destroy the spirit of freedom which is the breath of those sanctuaries. Kindle is not a bookseller.
TorrentFreak
JANUARY 20, 2025
Book authors, in particular, complained about the use of pirated books as training material. In various lawsuits, companies including OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, and NVIDIA are accused of obtaining books from ‘pirate’ sources, including the controversial Books3 database and shadow library LibGen.
Intepat
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
In today’s world, copyright laws are essential for protecting creative works like books. What is Copyright in Books? Copyright in books gives the author control over how their work is used, reproduced, and distributed. Make copies. Distribute or lend the book. Adapt the book (like creating a movie or translation).
Plagiarism Today
JUNE 21, 2022
On June 9th, Anna Katharine Verney at the Guardian Australia published a lengthy analysis of the John Hughes book The Dogs. The book was on the longlist for the Miles Franklin prize, widely considered to be the highest literary prize in Australia. Hughes, for his part, apologized for the copying. Eliot and Bob Dylan.
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