Published on April 12, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI), copyrights, legal, social media

Internal communications obtained in discovery clearly indicated that Meta employees were acutely aware that harvesting data from LibGen to “educate” its generative AI software posed substantial legal risks…
Published on April 3, 2025
complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, In The News, Journalism, legal

MORE: Grab some popcorn, and read about Ayn Rand’s sole heir…and why he’s now being sued by his daughter; Ex-White House staffer accuses Biden’s team of scripting questions and bullying journalists; AI programs are spewing forth the bias of their programmers; Remember when journalists flew business class?; National Public Radio CEO’s ridiculous views on public display!; Plaintiffs and lawyers who filed a frivolous lawsuit against Mariah Carey for copyright infringement ordered to pay sanctions; Networks actually went on air to defend Venezuelan gangs; and ChatGPT is unreliable and downright laughable!
Published on March 23, 2025
author, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, legal, Trademarks, writing scams

Remember that, just because a website isn’t doing ALL of these things does NOT mean they are legitimate!
Published on March 20, 2025
copyrights, In The News, Journalism, social media

MORE: Meta (Facebook’s parent company) accused of torrenting 82 terabytes of authors’ pirated books to create its AI system; Director might go to jail after accused of scamming Netflix out of millions; Retractions and walkouts plague science journals; Whoopi Goldberg thinks crowdfunding can buy a newspaper…that isn’t for sale?; Voice of America to be closed, and Disney scales back premiere of controversial live action ‘Snow White.’ Did star’s comments play a role in that?
Published on January 17, 2025
author scams, copyrights, legal, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, Trademarks, writing scams

We’ve added dozens more companies to the post, with LOTS of details!
Published on December 6, 2024
Censorship, copyrights, Journalism, legal, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing

MORE: Librarians forced to deal with violence on the job; WARNING about Edioak and House of Pages; Massive layoffs at CNN; Books aren’t the only artistic things being forged!; Book Guard targets authors; HarperCollins is selling its authors’ manuscripts to an AI company; and Start-up Spines mocked for charging authors $5K for AI editing!!
Published on December 5, 2024
complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, legal, writing scams

He stole 9 articles from us, and we’re sure he stole from others as well!!
Published on October 24, 2024
Censorship, copyrights, Defamation, legal, libel

MORE: Author is grateful for his first amendment rights!; Rare copy of U.S. constitution found in filing cabinet sells for $9M; Trans teacher resigns after video shows drugs and p*rn; Same teacher got to keep his job last year after undressing in the girls’ locker room, and asked girls about their underwear and menstruation; Politician’s plagiarism included lifting paragraphs from another person’s testimony; FCC urges CBS to release entire transaction of edited interview; and CNN must divulge financial info. in defamation case.
Published on October 18, 2024
Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel, social media

MORE: Presidential candidate accused of plagiarism; University professor fired for standing up to hateful mob; Discord disputes DMCA subpoena; Author files class-action lawsuit against Meta; Author sued video game developer for copyright infringement; and Politician sues the NYT for defamation.
Published on October 12, 2024
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, Journalism, legal, libel

MORE: Noah Webster’s work still influences all of us today!; Victoria Strauss tackles fake literary agencies that are victimizing American authors; Montana universities stripped of federal funds – can you guess why?; Independent journalist jailed, accused of disclosing secrets during Iran attack on Israel; CBS News embroiled in controversies; Judge rules FTC can proceed with antitrust suit against Amazon; Six journal publishers sued for anti-trust accusations; Scientists sue publisher for retractions involving safety over alleged political stance; and Interview Magazine sued for copyright infringement.