Published on April 3, 2025
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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.
Published on October 4, 2024
author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, Print on demand, self-publishing, Trademarks, traditional publishing, writing scams
#1 in the list shows the easiest way to spot a publishing scammer!
