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Crypto Group Buys Dune Book, Confuses it for Buying the Rights

Plagiarism Today

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

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Amazon Owns Your E-Books and Wants More

SpicyIP

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.

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Internet Archive’s Copyright Battle with Book Publishers Nears Climax

TorrentFreak

IA’s library is a non-profit organization that scans physical books, which can then be lent out to patrons in an ebook format. When lending digital content, ‘authorized’ libraries typically obtain a license or negotiate specific terms. The Internet Archive has no such license.

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What Winnie-the-Pooh Lapsing into the Public Domain Really Means

Plagiarism Today

Disney acquired the rights to the book and its characters in 1961 and, since then, has released a steady stream of movies, TV shows and products featuring the book’s cast of characters. What this means is that the Milne’s original Winnie-the-Pooh book is now free of copyright.

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Book review: Performers' Rights

The IPKat

The book covers the rights of performers, particularly the rights conferred under Part II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended). In addition, the book contains chapters on related rights such as moral rights, civil and criminal proceedings, contracts and other forms of protection.

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Books are Not Floor Wax and Road Salt

The Illusion of More

6829, Connecticut’s version of similar bills proposed (and shot down) in other states to address alleged unfairness in eBook licensing […] The post Books are Not Floor Wax and Road Salt appeared first on The Illusion of More. In a letter addressed to the state assembly advocating passage of H.B.

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3 Count: Lover Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

Poet Teresa La Dart published a book of poems named Lover in 2010. According to the lawsuit, in August 2019 Taylor Swift published an album by the same name but also release an accompanying book entitled Lover. It is that book that is at issue in this case, as La Dart alleges that the book is an infringement of her work.