“Can I sue an author who gives their book the same title as mine?”
“Another author published a book in 2015 that has the exactly same title as my book, which was published in 2010.”
copyrights
Court doesn’t like Garamond font; Publisher threatens HBO over use of audiobook; and MORE! – …In the News – 03/18/2021
Newspaper must post apology on front page; Speedy Gonzales defended; Amazon price fixing?; Anti-American books on Navy reading list; Quick copyright lawsuits, and more!
Can Amazon Steal Authors’ Books, and Republish Them?
“If Amazon can blatantly rip off a vendor’s hard-line design, what’s to stop them from hijacking an author’s book?”
I won’t earn a profit on my book so I can use other authors’ works under fair use
By contacting me today, this author may have avoided a lawsuit, or two, or a few.
Amazon Pays Employees to Leave; White House Aide: “I Will DESTROY You”; Congressional Attacks on Free Speech – In The News – 02/26/2021
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Posting “Read-Aloud” of Children’s Books on YouTube – Good Idea or Not?
Aside from the copyright infringement implications, I have a moral problem with this as well…
“I created characters for my book from images I found online. Was that copyright infringement?”
“I realized later that maybe I was not supposed to do that. I tried for find the original artists to ask permission but…”
“Can I publish somebody else’s old journal/diary?”
“I am in possession of a journal that was published in the 1940’s. Is something like this publishable?”
Co-author sues celebrities; Manuscripts are being stolen; and much more! …In The News – 12/23/2020
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“Can I publish a memoir that was written in 1915?”
“I have not seen anything in writing about who owns the rights to the manuscript…”