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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OCTOBER 12, 2023

This event focused on standards publishers and how they are responding to the needs of their stakeholders in an increasingly digital and connected world. Today, I will focus on the perspective of the standards publisher. The post How Generative AI Challenges Standards Publishers appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

Publishers vs. Internet Archive The self-scanning service offered by the Internet Archive (IA) differs from the licensing agreements entered into by other libraries. Not all publishers are happy with IA’s approach, resulting in a major legal battle two years ago. These groups also reject the fair use arguments.

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The inaugural session of the Advanced Publishing Institute , held last month at New York University, employed case studies and problem-solving exercises to examine the changes sweeping over publishing. The post IPA’s Pansa On Publishing and Responsibility appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 25, 2024

On 6 June 2024, the Italian supervisory authority ('Garante') published its opinion that the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc ('Wikimedia'), a US-based non-profit which hosts the free-to-use encyclopaedia website Wikipedia, was not in violation of data protection laws for refusing a request to delete an article published on Wikipedia which contained an individual’s (..)

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MARCH 27, 2023

In publishing over the last 20 years, such seismic activity has reshaped the landscape, creating new geographies for the book business. From a bird’s-eye view, publishing industry analyst Rüdiger Wischenbart asserts, our new publishing planet has few major continents. Do books even matter in such exotic territories?

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Chytomo , an online publishing news platform, has diligently documented the resistance by the country’s publishers and poets, as well as booksellers and novelists, to that attack. The post Ukrainian Authors and Publishers Fight On appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center. This is very important.”

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Hugh Stephens Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This past October, the US Copyright Office (USCO) announced it would be undertaking “a public study to evaluate the effectiveness of current copyright protections for publishers in the United States, with a focus on press publishers.” The US Copyright Office Explores Options"

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Majors Publishers File Copyright Complaint Against Libgen According to a copyright lawsuit filed in the U.S. At least 20,000 of those files were published by plaintiffs Cengage Learning, Inc., Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC (d/b/a Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill LLC, and Pearson Education, Inc.)

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced that a final rule will be published tomorrow, November 16, in the Federal Register implementing a design patent practitioner bar. The Office first published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to the Federal Register in May 2023 contemplating a separate design patent practitioner bar.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 25, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), in conjunction with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and in response to January 2022 and April 2022 letters from Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), has published a report examining the time from approval of a New Drug Application (NDA) until the first generic launch for 25 drug products, including consideration of (..)

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The IPKat

JULY 12, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic in recent years. Its development and use continue to grow, in all areas. It's not uncommon to see images created by AI popping up all over the place (this Kat loves generating AI images).

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JD Supra Law

JULY 9, 2024

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) has published an updated Oral Hearing Guide to reflect current practice before the Board. The changes include: Remote option for participating in America Invents Act (AIA) trials. By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 18, 2024

However, publishers are actively trying to put a halt to that too. Targeting Z-Library’s Google Results Earlier this month, we already indicated that publishers are now responsible for the bulk of the DMCA takedown requests Google receives. The takedown campaign isn’t just limited to a handful of publishers either.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Two days later a fire broke out aboard the … Continue reading "Books and Supply Chains: A Christmas Challenge for Authors, Publishers and Booksellers" Although four containers washed ashore further north up the coast, most are assumed to have sunk.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 4, 2024

90% of Italian Publishing Market Behind Complaint Anna’s Archive is a relative newcomer to the world of online shadow libraries, but its impact has already ensured the inevitable. On December 4, 2023, the Italian Publishers Association (AIE) filed a copyright complaint against Anna’s Archive. million books and 99.4

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 25, 2024

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Copyright Office have published the results of their joint study on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and intellectual property (IP). The Report was created in response to a June 2022 request from Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) to undertake a study. By: AEON Law

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 7, 2023

In publishing especially, what is different about our jobs, our professional relationships, and our attitudes? That question – “How have we really changed?” – is the challenge presented by Dianndra Roberts , the Senior Publishing Coordinator for the Royal College of Psychiatrists. But how have we changed? Or “Nothing?”

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 26, 2023

Publishers Target Fenlita.com Given the above, it’s interesting to note that major educational publishers Cengage, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, and Pearson were in court earlier this month on a mission to unmask the operator of Fenlita.com via DMCA subpoena. These requests for information aren’t always successful.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Published in Landslide , Vol. The post The Growing Threat of Trademark Scams – article published by ABA appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. .” The full article can be found at: The Growing Threat of Trademark Scams. 1, September/October 2021, by the American Bar Association.

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Velocity of Content

MAY 27, 2024

Re-published with permission. With the number of independent learned society publishers in sharp decline and revenues failing to keep pace with inflation, Rob Johnson, Founder and Managing Director at Research Consulting Ltd., looks at what the world’s oldest journal publishers must do to remain relevant in an open access world.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2024

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Publishers vs. Internet Archive The self-scanning approach differs from the licensing deals other libraries enter into.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Despite the welcome news that the National Library of New Zealand is reconsidering its badly flawed decision to donate 600,000 surplus books, including many still under copyright, to the controversial US-based Internet Archive for digitization, the National Library of New Zealand and the country’s librarians through the Library and Information Association (..)

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 4, 2024

The site’s origins reportedly trace back to the Soviet Union’s underground publishing culture ‘ samizdat ,’ which was used to bypass state censorship in the last century. In 2017, Elsevier won a court case against LibGen and Sci-Hub in a New York federal court, which awarded the publisher $15 million in damages.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 21, 2023

“Murray confirmed that, after two unprecedented years of growth during the pandemic, the book business is coming back to Earth,” reports Andrew Albanese , Publishers Weekly senior writer. Murray also addressed the role of generative A I in publishing, given the recent rise of chatbots such as ChatGPT. “I

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 21, 2023

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. The publishers see IA’s library as a rogue operation that engages in willful mass copyright infringement, directly damaging their bottom line.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Publishers Share IPFS Concerns This week, IPFS was repeatedly mentioned by the Association of American Publishers ( AAP ) in its overview of the most notorious piracy markets submitted to the U.S. The publishers see them as a threat, as they make the piracy angle easier too. Trade Representative.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Nevertheless, all copyrighted content receives the same protection under the law, so academic and other publishers are keen to protect their interests in the same way as other rightsholders. Publishing Houses Take Action to Block Z-Library. “French publishing is investing massively to allow broad public access to digital books.

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

So why not “small-batch publishing”? Caleb Mason runs Publerati , his independent publishing enterprise, from his home on Vinalhaven , a coastal Maine island reached by a 75-minute ferry ride. Small Batch Publishing. I pay authors higher royalty rates than they get from traditional publishers, but I don’t pay advances.”.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

A federal court has approved a consent judgment in the long-running copyright infringement case filed by four publishers against the Internet Archive over its scanning and lending of library books. The post Publishers, Internet Archive Agree to Consented Judgment appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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The Illusion of More

MARCH 5, 2024

I was aware of medical illustration as a specialized field but didn’t know much about it until I drove up to Albany to […] The post Medical Illustrator Westwood Files Substantial Claim Against Publisher Thieme appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 6, 2024

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently published its annual Madrid Yearly Review, offering a comprehensive overview of the facts, figures, and analyses of the international registration of marks. By: Womble Bond Dickinson

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Over two decades working in publishing, Amy Beisel held management roles in editorial, product strategy, and business development. She applies that experience today to coach rising leaders in research and publishing on how to overcome organizational limitations and to find the clarity that galvanizes action.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 10, 2024

The former publisher of Sports Illustrated has filed a countersuit alleging that the magazine's owner, Authentic Brands Group, made it impossible to run the magazine and then conspired to install a competitor as the new publisher.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a notice with supplemental guidance for its staff members examining design patent claims that include computer-generated images.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 20, 2023

Long before ChatGPT arrived on the hype cycle, many of us were considering what artificial intelligence (AI) technology could mean for scholarly publishing – how it might change processes developed over centuries, and how publishers should react. I believe publishers will benefit broadly in three ways from these AI tools.

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MARCH 5, 2024

CCC returns to the London Book Fair next week to host the “ Publishers, Copyright & AI: Taking Action , ” panel and welcome the publishing community to Booth 7H02 to discuss how our data-driven solutions can help them transition to and transform Open Access (OA) programs.

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