Published on April 1, 2022
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel
MORE: A 15-page, $1.25M book!; CA governor mocks parents about s*xually explicit books in school libraries; School board member sues critics for libel; Doctor faces plagiarism accusations; Scammer caught in medical journal fraud scheme; Amazon gets booted by Seattle Pride; Mainstream media is spinning political opinions, not news; Russia abducting and threatening journalists; Supreme Court agrees to hear copyright case of photo turned into Warhol paintings; Media blames Trump and white supremacy for Will Smith Oscar slap; Putin too busy criticizing J.K. Rowling to stop slaughtering children; and 125-year-old letter from orphaned choir boy found in church pew.
Published on March 25, 2022
MORE: Working for a publishing house located in a war zone; Ukrainian publisher asks for help; Stormy Daniels loses defamation case, vows to go to jail rather than pay the $300K ordered by the court; One careless (stupid!) comment can result in a lifetime of litigation; Defamation suit by brothers in Smollett case can go forward; Texas superintendent is right to pull specific books from school shelves; More schools removing books that are not age-appropriate for children; Ex CafePress owner fined $500,000 for ‘shoddy’ security + cover-up; Parent reading book from a school library shut down for “inappropriate” content being streamed online; Puppet makers are people, too!; Court rules Katy Perry did not infringe rapper’s copyright; and Virginia reporter shot on the job.
Published on March 18, 2022
copyrights, legal, libel
MORE: Could publishers be facing peak subscriptions?; Teachers union continues to publish error-laden posts; Professor’s exam posted online so he sues for copyright infringement; Russia now allowing its companies to violate other countries’ copyrights, trademarks, and patents; and Company fails to silence author
Published on March 11, 2022
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel
MORE: Russia silencing dissenters…just like Facebook does!; Evergreen Publishing Group LLC / America’s Choice Publishers deceived elderly adults and got nailed by the state of Georgia; Beto O’Rourke sued by oil tycoon for defamation; Amazon might REALLY be in trouble this time!; Southern Poverty Law Center’s hate list; and Meghan Markle’s sister accuses her of slut-shaming in libel lawsuit
Published on March 4, 2022
MORE: Is there any way for local news outlets to survive?; Another celebrity lands another big book deal; Forging a fake letter from the FBI can get you sued!; and a $36.5M copyright infringement award.
Published on February 25, 2022
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel, social media
MORE: Amazon suspends BLM charity program over spending controversy; Cancel culture insanity at a university; A man secretly owned a PR website where he promoted his own firm, and trashed his competitors; Social media posts are fair game in a divorce; Update on ResearchGate/scientific publishers’ lawsuit; Shopify sued for textbook pirating by its clients; and Fast Company sued for selling its subscriber list; Employee at Texas A&M copied and renamed an author’s book (about the university!) but the university is immune from the lawsuit?
Published on February 17, 2022
legal, libel
MORE: Woman loses home after failing to show up for libel case; Paralegal accused of poisoning boss will face libel claims; Pastor facing libel suit files for bankruptcy; A look at a landmark study on libel lawsuits; and Palin loses libel suit against NYT
Published on February 10, 2022
author solutions, authorhouse, Censorship, Complaints about specific publishers, iuniverse, legal, pod complaints, trafford, writing scams, xlibris
MORE: Russia retaliates against international broadcaster; Psychologist sues medical journal authors; Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, EatingWell, Health, Parents and People en Espanol to layoff 200, cease print publication; Schools increasingly less likely to be teaching children about sexuality; and Did Israeli police spy on journalists, politicians, and businesses?
Published on February 5, 2022
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel
MORE: Amazon Must Pay $50K for Firing Christian Employee; Facebook censors another pro-police book; Germany trying to get Twitter users’ info for prosecution purposes; 77% tested at Baltimore high school read at elementary level, some at kindergarten level; The publisher who takes in “cancelled” books and authors; Law prohibiting filming cops in Miami might get squashed; Journalists who can’t carry firearms are being killed in Mexico; and Is Forbes about to be controlled by China?
Published on January 27, 2022
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel
MORE: The feds are hiring writers to create future court testimony for government officials; The latest books that are victims of cancel culture; Ha ha ha! Actress’ fans sue for $5M because she was cut from a movie; CNN says Sarah Palin vs. New York Times trial will be “excruciating” for the paper; Amazon driver faces off with a bear!; ABBA settles lawsuit with stupid band that used their name; NYC professors sue over “anti-Semitic” Union; Author commits suicide after pedophilia accusations and then people burned his books at his grave; and Major booksellers accused of selling anti-Semitic book that was plagiarized from other sources.
